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Six Reasons to Savor Spain

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark December 28, 2011 Travel and Adventures

Flamenco: I was first blessed with the good fortune to enjoy authentic, rustic and spontaneous flamenco in Madrid during the summer I spent there in my wide-eyed eighteenth year. I stayed with my American girlfriend who was living there and had fettered out the best local places for food-ing, disco-ing and flamenco gawking. Let’s just [...]

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Living La Vida Local: Santa Barbara’s I Madonnari Art Festival

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark November 29, 2011 Travel and Adventures

Living the local life in Santa Barbara while I house-sit definitely has it’s perks. But the fact that I once again was present in town for the celebrated sidewalk chalk drawings of the I Madonnari exhibition in Santa Barbara was no coincidence, as it always falls on the weekend nearest this same friend’s birthday. So [...]

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Gratitudinousness – What I am Thankful for Today and Always

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark November 23, 2011 Belly Dance

Gratitudinousness. It’s one of my favorite conjured words. And it really works in that gratitude is such a BIG concept…I think it kinda needs more greedy letters “We don’t need more to be thankful for, we might just need to be more thankful.” Unknown Many who know me in my life and on Twitter and [...]

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Road Tripping: Coasting the California Coast

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark November 1, 2011 Travel and Adventures

Being a Southern California native, I’ve cruised up the California coast many times in my life. But I’ve never driven north of Santa Barbara on my own. Never. Until this last week when I was enticed to venture farther north in my trusty little Prius to attend a wine-tasting ocean view tweetup at the lovely [...]

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Travel Recipe: My “Spanish Madre’s” Gazpacho

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark September 20, 2011 Random Ponderings

Last week I shared the fact that I was whipping up a batch of my favorite cold summer “soup”, gazpacho, and Brad Spencer on Twitter goaded me into sharing it. OK, actually, I am happy and proud to share this recipe, as for me it represents true food love that was lavished up me by [...]

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The Italian Dolomites: Local Flavor, Spellbinding Witches and Thrilling Thunder

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark August 29, 2011 Travel and Adventures

One of the special perks of touring with an experienced guide is the introduction to local people who are more than happy to share their grappa or limoncello as well as the more secret and intimate treasures of their home region. Which Witch? Petra was one such gem that our guide Gary Scott arranged for [...]

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The Serendipity of Traveling Solo – Or, Why There is No “of course!” in the Italian Language

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark August 12, 2011 Travel and Adventures

I won’t gloss it over for you. I will not profess to “love traveling alone” because, at times, frankly, it gets kind of lonesome. But I will proclaim emphatically that some of my most cherished travel moments have come from doing just that: venturing out on my own. “A journey is like marriage. The certain [...]

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Wicked Sexy: Neo Burlesque Dance in Idyllwild

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark August 3, 2011 Belly Dance

I should have known better. Here I thought I had seen all of the magic and delights that my little yet fantabulous artful town could muster, and I was once again broadsided. Oops, “broad-sided” might be actually too apt a word for what hit me recently on another enchanting night at Café Aroma… as in [...]

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Italian Dolomites: Foxes, Fox Holes, Foot Paths, and Food

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark July 15, 2011 Hiking

Today was another mixed bag of awesome in the Italian Dolomites. In the morning, some of the group enjoyed an international horse-jumping event, one (not me!) went on a vigorous bike ride and we all reconvened for a lovely lunch on a covered patio of a local restaurant. I’m becoming hooked on these grande salads [...]

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Hiking Italy: Delving Into the Dolomites

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark July 9, 2011 Hiking

Many of you who know me and/or follow my meanderings know that I have been eagerly anticipating my trip to the Italian Dolomites this summer. Well, here I am and it so far has exceeded my expectations and hopes. I only wish I could say as much for my own body! A Guide on the [...]

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Venice: A Thing of Beauty – Then and Now

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark July 3, 2011 Travel and Adventures

Venice has been called the most beautiful city in the world. After meandering and savoring it’s many delights and sights for four days, I confess I won’t stand up and challenge that statement. I had been to Venice before, as an 18-year old high on freedom, possibility and the adventures made available to young travelers [...]

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Washington DC, Fireflies …and Irreverent Me

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark June 26, 2011 Interactive Travel

Have you ever seen the U.S. capitol? Toured the monuments? Visited the hallowed halls of the founding fathers and their documents of “We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take this any more!”-ness ? But….have you ever seen fireflies? I am patriotic, really! (said with perhaps too much doth protesting) And I find [...]

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← Previous Entries

Travel and Adventures

Six Reasons to Savor Spain

Living La Vida Local: Santa Barbara’s I Madonnari Art Festival

Gratitudinousness – What I am Thankful for Today and Always

Road Tripping: Coasting the California Coast

Travel Recipe: My “Spanish Madre’s” Gazpacho

The Italian Dolomites: Local Flavor, Spellbinding Witches and Thrilling Thunder

The Serendipity of Traveling Solo – Or, Why There is No “of course!” in the Italian Language

Wicked Sexy: Neo Burlesque Dance in Idyllwild

Italian Dolomites: Foxes, Fox Holes, Foot Paths, and Food

Hiking Italy: Delving Into the Dolomites

Venice: A Thing of Beauty – Then and Now

Washington DC, Fireflies …and Irreverent Me

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