A Travel Blog of Wit, Wisdom and Whatnot from Around the World

Bologna, Italy – A Traveler’s Triathalon

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark July 5, 2012 Interactive Travel

ShareIf you worry that your fitness regimen may be challenged when you travel, fear not. On one beautiful day in Italy, my girlfriends Helene, Sara and I managed to create and conquer our own Bologna Triathalon. First we climbed the 500 steps of the ancient Asinelli tower (barefoot) and monkeyed around on top while taking […]

What do you think of this post?

‘The Sweetest Dolce of My Vita’ – Bologna, Italy

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark June 6, 2012 Interactive Travel

ShareI knew what I was getting into. I mean, who thinks any trip to Italy won’t be infused with artisan crafted, heaven sent and heaven scented foods? Patiently aged cheeses, hams, wines, and even balsamic vinegars make you grapple with the dilemma of whether to devour more of the same dish you just inhaled, or […]

What do you think of this post?

Awesome (6) Interesting (2) Useful (1) Meh (1)

Beautiful Bologna – Part I in Photos

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 31, 2012 Interactive Travel

ShareCiao my lovelies! If you’ve been following my “Where’s Gina” GPS map, you have an inkling I’ve been enjoying Bologna for a while now. I’ve been remiss in sharing because I’ve been strenuously enjoying the city – on your behalf, of course! (I mean “certo!”) I thought I would share a photo gallery that really […]

What do you think of this post?

Awesome (6) Interesting (5) Useful (4) Meh (1)

Interactive Travel: Italy! Tell Gina Where to Go

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 11, 2012 Interactive Travel

ShareI’m doing it again. Yes, traveling (I do that on occasion). But more than that. I’m opening my vacation up to the input, suggestions and perhaps even a few dares from my readers (and in this instance, fellow prior blogville residents). Be gentle. 😉 So, you may have seen some buzz going around Twitter about […]

What do you think of this post?

Awesome (9) Interesting (4) Useful (1) Meh (0)

Phabulous Phoenix – Changing my Rustic Perceptions of Arizona

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark May 3, 2012 Travel and Adventures

ShareWe all have long-held biases of places. Opinions we formed when we were less open-minded or on family road trips driving through desert territory without air conditioning. Most of my ignorant perceptions of my neighboring state of Arizona were forged under these conditions. I’m old enough to have experienced a family car (a Ford Pinto, […]

What do you think of this post?

Awesome (8) Interesting (6) Useful (4) Meh (0)

My New Reality: Escape with Me to ‘Escape Routes’ in LA!

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark March 24, 2012 Interactive Travel

ShareThose of you who follow me on Twitter as @SuuperG and here on my blog know me to be a bit of an adventuress; hiking locally and in Italy, skiing faster than my skill dictates, kayaking, paragliding, belly dancing (TRUST me! It’s an adventure when a mid-forties woman publicly bares her midriff while shimmying!), driving […]

What do you think of this post?

Awesome (5) Interesting (2) Useful (0) Meh (0)

Venice, Italy – My Summer In Photos

by Gina "SuuperG" Stark January 23, 2012 Travel and Adventures

ShareA little about me: I like to travel. And when I’m not traveling, my mind wanders. ~ Gina Stark I’ve been wistfully breezing and browsing through my Venice travel photos from last summer, and I realized I was remiss in my sharing. Venice – well Italy in general – is so very vibrant and colorful […]

What do you think of this post?

Awesome (13) Interesting (2) Useful (1) Meh (1)

Six Reasons to Savor Spain

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

ShareFlamenco: 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 […]

What do you think of this post?

Awesome (9) Interesting (4) Useful (5) Meh (0)

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

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

ShareLiving 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 […]

What do you think of this post?

Awesome (5) Interesting (1) Useful (2) Meh (0)

Gratitudinousness – What I am Thankful for Today and Always

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

ShareGratitudinousness. 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 […]

What do you think of this post?

Awesome (6) Interesting (4) Useful (2) Meh (0)

Road Tripping: Coasting the California Coast

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

ShareBeing 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 […]

What do you think of this post?

Awesome (9) Interesting (3) Useful (3) Meh (0)

Travel Recipe: My “Spanish Madre’s” Gazpacho

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

ShareLast 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 […]

What do you think of this post?

Awesome (6) Interesting (3) Useful (4) Meh (0)

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →

Bologna, Italy – A Traveler’s Triathalon

‘The Sweetest Dolce of My Vita’ – Bologna, Italy

Beautiful Bologna – Part I in Photos

Interactive Travel: Italy! Tell Gina Where to Go

Phabulous Phoenix – Changing my Rustic Perceptions of Arizona

Venice, Italy – My Summer In Photos

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

Categories

Blogroll

My Links

Archives

Categories

Tags

Blogroll

My Links

Archives