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New WEEKEND ESCAPE Series to Inspire Travel & Global Experiences at Home:...
I’m starting this series to inspire real life travel, celebrate global culture found at home, and feed the soul. In the summer of 2014 just before I moved abroad from Nashville, I saw Chef at the...
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Top 10 Romantic Movies for Celebrating Valentine’s Day
A couple of weeks ago I started a Weekend Escape series to inspire travel and connection. Below are my classics–tried and true– for celebrating Valentine’s Day, romantic as much for their settings as...
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When the Crazy Child Writes…on Memoir, Loss, and Letting Go
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” –Maya Angelou On Sunday one year ago, I sat calm, spent on the shore of Sidi Kaouki. Two of my closest friends, Kate and Ritchie,...
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Carnival in the Caribbean
It was the Grand Finale of a month of festivities all over the island. In Santo Domingo there had been an air show the week before celebrating The Dominican Republic’s Independence Day on February 27,...
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Whale Watching in Samana Bay
Spring break may be in April this year in The Dominican Republic, but spring flings have been happening here for awhile. Every January-March humpback whales go rogue—migrating to Samana from...
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Las Terrenas: DR Destination for Business and Pleasure
When I told US friends I was moving to The Dominican Republic, several said they’d vacationed there and loved it. Most, like many of my coworkers and school community, enjoyed seclusion at Punta...
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48 Hours of Marrakesh Magic
I adore Europe, but it turns out after living two years in Morocco, that Africa is my second home. I found more beauty, adventure, and relationship (especially in Marrakesh)–the three things I seek...
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Additional Gallery of Northern Portugal and Spain: Camino/Travel Inspiration
If you missed my article above which explains the gallery below, please read it HERE. In seven days this Southern Girl Gone Global Goes Home. After living in Morocco and The Dominican Republic for...
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Hometown Hopkinsville, Kentucky: Eclipseville (and beyond) is Ready
Since returning to the US this summer after living three years abroad (in fact, on this day, August 19, I landed in Morocco), I’ve bounced between my home of almost thirty years, Nashville, and...
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Salute to a Southern Summer: On Nashville, a Surprise Guest, and Coming Home
I read within a poet’s book a word that starred the page: “Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage!” Yes, that is true; and something more you’ll find, where’er you roam, That marble...
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7 Days in Nashville: Homegirl’s Guide
See the second slideshow here on the week I planned for my friend, Kate, to introduce her to southern hospitality and the Nashville spirit. Below is my guide for tourists, hosts, and locals on...
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The Cayman Islands, Argentina, and Nashville Meet at the Victory Cup Polo Tour
Once upon a time, I lived on a thoroughbred farm in Lexington, Kentucky, where I saw foals born and horse sales break records at Keeneland. Not so long ago, before moving back to Nashville, I had a...
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Nashville Escapes: The Westin Rhapsody Spa and Rooftop Sunsets
While living in Morocco I wrote about beauty breaks for the soul—beautiful places and experiences that calm the nerves and stimulate the senses. In Marrakesh when we tired of dodging scooters, taxis,...
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Moonstruck over New York’s Feast of San Gennaro
Months ago when my friend Kate asked me to meet her in New York City, neither of us had any idea we’d be there for the Feast of San Gennaro. Nor when another friend offered her apartment to us in Soho...
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How to Spend a Chill Weekend in NYC: Soho, Greenwich Village, Chelsea
On three layovers and six proper stays in NYC, I’ve marched in the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, herded students from Central Park to the Statue of Liberty, had tea at The Plaza, took an elevator to the...
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2020 Vision from Lessons Learned
Reflect, then project. For those of us who thought we’d be farther along in 2020 in some area(s) –education, career, relationships, health, finances, savings, freedom, peace–think again. Rather than...
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Downton Abbey Exhibit at Biltmore
Fans have until April 7, 2020 to still enjoy Downton Abbey: The Exhibition at Biltmore. Unlike Glamour on Board: Fashion from Titanic the Movie, costumes are not displayed throughout the mansion for...
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70 Books, Movies, TV Series for Escape Now and After Quarantine
Deshaies view in Guadeloupe, a region of six islands in the French Caribbean Photo Credit: Rachel Heller Disclosure: SouthernGirlGoneGlobal has an affiliate relationship with Amazon. If you make a...
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Global Recipes and Music for Lockdown Comfort Food and Escape
First and foremost, I pray for those fighting the Coronavirus around the world, families grieving loved ones, and all feeling global angst and loss. I pray for protection for those on the front lines,...
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