Memorial day was cold a rainy. July 4th was cold and rainy. And guess what: labor day didn’t fare much better. These were the three days we chose to go up to Gloucester over the summer. Bad luck? Well, it wasn’t just us, everyone in New England was struggling with the weather from June through […]

Apparently it rains here all the time. You would never known that, as we spent every day lapped in sunshine during our say in County Mayo, Ireland. How could one enjoy these 300+ acres of gardens if it’s raining all the time? I didn’t exactly know, nor did I desire to find out. Sleeping through […]

One night in LA, flying in just for dinner. I was at my first conference in 17 months in Baltimore with over 800 tourism colleagues, and it felt like covid was a thing of the past. The tourism industry is about bringing people together, and we were doing just that. It was so great to […]

My first work trip in 17 months – to a tourism conference with 800 others… I couldn’t have been more excited. My industry! My people! All together! There was so much to celebrate just around that notion, I almost didn’t need my daily Starbucks at Logan airport. I don’t recall the last time I flew […]