Thanks for joining us on this journey! I'm so glad you're here. I'm a writer and travel essayist with a goal of "Rolling to 100" countries in my lifetime. For me, it's not about checklist tourism, but about deep, immersive travel and the life-changing lessons we can learn from it. In my spare time, I provide writing support to others through Rollerbag Goddess Global Communications. I'll take on almost any kind of writing, including speechwriting, blogging, websites and much more! Travel and food writing are my twin passions, which are only eclipsed by my relentless pursuit of experiences worth writing about.
Living the philosophy, “it’s all about the journey” in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It’s been said that in life, “it’s all about the journey, not the destination.” Yet when when it comes to travel, most people rush-rush-rush to get where they’re going. Not that I blame them, what with the tragic state of Americans’ vacations these days. … More The Stopover: It’s All About the Journey
This post will surely date me. I remember, as a child, watching slideshows of other people’s vacations. On real slides. You know, the kind you hold up to the light when you don’t have a projector? Then, of course, there were the home movies. Mom had some, of her visits to Puerto Vallarta as a … More Resurrect the Slideshow
The staircase in Galena, Il. at night. Photo by Charish. The steep hillside in Galena, Illinois and the antique-looking lighting creates a Paris, France-like feel to the town. Like this post? You might also like: Dispatch from Ethiopia: Water in Another World Beggars, Buskers and Bums: To Give, or Not to Give? Uluru and Treading … More Random Travel Photo of the Week: Paris or Galena, Il?
Midnight snack. Times Square, Manhattan, New York. Photo by Charish Badzinski. Like this post? You might also like: Weekend Getaway: Hit the NYC Highlights in 48 Hours Can This Vacation Be Saved? Travel Foodies Versus Food Camels Brooklyn in Bloom: A Tour of Brooklyn Botanical Garden in Spring _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Join our community of travelers and … More Random Travel Photo of the Week: Midnight snack in Times Square, Manhattan
Door County, Wisconsin is anything but undiscovered. Yet somehow, she still has a few quiet corners: spaces where a Rollerbag Goddess can feel as if she’s the first to overturn the peninsula’s rounded stones and peer beneath. That is what I love about Door County. It isn’t the crazy-busy stretch of bric-a-brac shops. It isn’t … More Destination: Door County, Wisconsin; Beyond the Crowds
For this RBG, this summer was all about the water. Typically I like to keep my feet on dry land, but not this summer. Inexplicably, I craved water. I wanted to be near it, on it, in it. La Crosse Queen river cruise on the Mississippi. Photo by Charish Badzinski. So, I didn’t fight it. … More The Thirsty Summer and the Quest to be Near Water
I have a dear friend who boarded a plane today and is probably somewhere over the pond right now, feasting on international flight food, flipping through her French phrase book, and feeling the thrill of first time travel outside the U.S. My dear friend is headed to Europe. Photocontributed by Diane Raaum. In related news, … More Rollerbagging Buddies and Travel Envy
Forget chicken soup for the traveler’s soul; what keeps us going when we can’t–for whatever reason–satisfy our nomadic tendencies, are day trips. They are luscious, small doses of what our lives would be like every day, if we could only shake off the necessity to finance them. Though I know people who have worked their … More Day trippin: a quick fix for the traveler’s soul
I hear Dallas has had more than 40 days in a row of 100+ degree temps. Here’s something for the folks who need a cool down: the sound a glacier makes, taken in Homer, Alaska. This is ice from Grewingk Glacier, sweeping up against the rocky shoreline. If you dip your toes in this … More Mini Vacay: The Sound a Glacier Makes, Alaska
Won’t be long now! Pepin Heights, Lake City, Minn. Photo by Charish Badzinski. The greatest harbinger of fall, in the Mississippi River Valley, is when Pepin Heights in Lake City, Minnesota opens its doors, fills its baskets with apples of multiple varieties, and pulls out the pumpkins. Here’s a sample of the season. Like this … More Random Travel Photo of the Week: Pumpkins at Pepin Heights, Lake City, Minnesota
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