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Nothing like travel—in the United States and abroad—to change a sister’s life

Moving to Florence, Italy, was a life-changing experience -- one that both U.S. and overseas trips helped inspire. When in Florence, I lived in an apartment not far from here, across the tranquil Arno...

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Want to travel the ‘world’ without leaving the United States? Visit Las Vegas

Times are tough, and even us diehard globetrotters are finding ourselves grounded these days. But there ARE ways to travel the world without leaving the borders of the United States. In a recent post...

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Let travel take you outside your comfort zone

I promise I’m going to write about “Black Chicas and Hair, Part Deux,”  but I thought a post I included on my other travel blog, “TCW Travel Connection” for Today’s Chicago Woman magazine would make a...

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Gorgeous ‘Cairo Time’ makes me want to pack my bags for Egypt

I can't rave enough about this gorgeous film (or its gorgeous co-star Alexander Siddig, my new foreign-man crush). Ladies, this film is a MUST-SEE! Imagine hanging out in Cairo with THIS beautiful man...

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Let friends—and friends-of-friends—hook you up with other pals on your next...

I met Tom Harrow (now the very successful “Wine Chap” in London) when we both were living in Florence, Italy, back in 2004. I’d met Tom through Paula, a Delta Sigma Theta sorority sister and friend...

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Want to travel under the Tuscan sun? SimpleItaly’s ‘Celebration of the...

Ah, memories! Here I am, standing under the Tuscan sun during my living-in-Florence days in 2004. As you UrbanTravelGirl readers know, Italy is near and dear to my heart. It’s the first place I lived...

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Behind the words: a glimpse into a Travel journalist’s writing process

Here I am on one of the main streets in the legendary city of Granada in southern Spain, where I traveled last month with a group of fellow freelance Travel writers. As you can see by the date of my...

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