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Tagged With: Jan Ross travel blog

Backbeat Tours, Memphis: Mojo Tour

You may have taken a tour before. You may have even taken a tour of Memphis, Tennessee before. But I can guarantee you that you have never taken a tour like the Mojo Tour with Backbeat Tours. Because it was incredible. We were in Memphis for a girlfriends getaway this summer and decided we needed a tour of … Continue reading »

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What goes around…

My dad passed away a few years ago. He had suffered for a while with lung cancer but the end was very peaceful. In a morphine-induced twilight world, he took one last breath and slipped away. I wasn’t in the hospital room. I was in the parking lot lugging a basket full of food up … Continue reading »

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Leaf Peeping on the Norwegian Jewel

For the last couple of years, ever since I have been addicted to occasionally checking Facebook, my sweet cousin Pam in Rhode Island has talked about leaf peeping in the fall. When I would read this, I would smile gently at how clever she was to make up a cute little name for looking at … Continue reading »

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WordPress for Dummies 3: How to Change those Permalinks

Sometimes, I am totally amazed at my WordPress dummy-ness. If you have read this post and this one, you know that I am truly a WordPress Dummy and I often find myself stepping back in astonishment  at the things I have been doing wrong because I didn’t know any better and hadn’t taken the time … Continue reading »

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Presidential Suite at the Henderson Park Inn

This post is cross-listed at a Luxury Travel Blog. When I first contacted the Henderson Park Inn about a press visit and they said they really wanted me to stay in the Presidential Suite, I was fairly impressed. A suite is always nice and when you thrown “presidential” into the description, you know you are … Continue reading »

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Bistro Bijoux in Sandestin

            I poked the appetizer gingerly with my fork. Lobster spring rolls had sounded delicious when I ordered them but these were a little odd looking with the lobster tails poking up out of the spring rolls. And then I took a bite. And if lobster spring rolls with the … Continue reading »

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Vancouver in 4-D

I’m just going to step over here into this teeny-tiny group of people who thought Granville Island was just OK. Yes, it had beautiful produce and some delicious-smelling food but…it was not nearly as large as we thought, there were really just a few shops and the area was kind of…well…grungy. Now that I really … Continue reading »

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Local Tastes of the City: San Francisco

We had coconut shrimp for the first time in Key West. In Mazatlan, we gorged on plates full of barbecued, fried and spicy shrimp. In Puerto Vallarta, we had a scallop appetizer that we still talk about – and fresh coconut ice cream. In Ireland we had freshly baked scones studded with juicy raisins. In … Continue reading »

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Victoria in a Day: What to See, What to Do, Where to Eat

My husband and I woke up to a gray, cloudy day in Victoria, B.C. but we didn’t mind. The last time we were there, we only had half a day to tour, so we were thrilled to have a whole day in this beautiful city perched on Vancouver Island, off the Pacific coast of Canada. … Continue reading »

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Another Day in Paradise: Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort

I used to think my idea of heaven on earth was staying at a fabulous resort located on a gorgeous beach where someone made my bed and left chocolates for me every night. I was wrong. My idea of heaven on earth is staying at a fabulous resort located on a gorgeous beach where someone makes … Continue reading »

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