Category Archives: Thoughts

2000-2010: The 3rd Decade of My Life

Well, not quite, considering that I was born in 1983, but it sounded like a good title.  Somewhere on Gwen Bell’s blog she mentioned a 2000-2010 recap, which got me thinking about just how much happens in our lives over a ten year span.  I really reflected on this and came up with a list of [...]

Checking Out This Christmas

That’s right, tomorrow I am disconnecting myself from the cyber world.  I’m not logging into Facebook, Twitter, or Gmail, and I”m turning off the WiFi on my phone.  Because whether or not I celebrate Christmas in the traditional religious way, it is about spending time with your loved ones, not about sitting around on the [...]

Things My Life Doesn’t Need in 2011

This past week I found a post on Matt Cheuvront’s blog (Life Without Pants) called “Less Stuff, More Happiness in 2011.”  Matt talks about 11 things that he doesn’t need for 2011, which inspired me to create a similar list this year instead of creating New Years Resolutions or Goals that I will inevitably forget [...]

How Charlize Theron is Taking on HIV/AIDS in South Africa

Charlize Theron was the first speaker at The Center for Living Peace/University of California Irvine’s Living Peace Speaker Series. She spoke about how her organization, the Africa Outreach Project, is impacting her home country, South Africa.

Calling all LA Area Travel Bloggers/Writers/PR People!

12/03/2010 – 9:38 pm

In case you haven’t heard already, Jen Miner (The Vacation Gals), Melanie Waldman (Travels with Two), and I are putting together a little thing we are calling the Los Angeles Consortium of Online Travel, or LACOT for short.  Jen had the idea and pulled Melanie & me in to mastermind connecting travel writers with leisure [...]

Thanksgiving & Giving

11/25/2010 – 7:58 pm

I have to tell you that I”m not a fan of Thanksgiving.  I don’t care what the history books say, I find it hard to believe that the pilgrims and Indians had a friendly sit down get together that day.  The day of gluttony is followed by a day of spending, spending, spending!  There’s just [...]

Thoughts on Running a Marathon

10/28/2010 – 6:00 am

No, I’m not going to compare running a marathon to life and all that, I’m going to get down to the nitty gritty because, quite frankly, I’m nervous.  Yes, this is my 4th marathon, so I know that I can complete it, but I have some goals. I’m getting on a plane today to D.C. [...]

My New Travel Site!

10/13/2010 – 6:00 am

After a lot of thought, I have decided to re-launch my travel site under a new name and with some great changes.  AbbieMood.com will be primarily for my Make a Difference in a Minute tips, as well as my updates and thoughts. Sneakers and Suitcases (http://sneakersandsuitcases.com) will be about my travels and travel-related posts, so [...]

Where Have I Been?

08/05/2010 – 4:29 pm

I admit it, I’ve been slacking a bit here on AM.com, but have no fear – I’m back!  And here’s what I’ve been up to: Traveling Not just a little bit of traveling, traveling like whoa.  Like New York for TBEX at the beginning of July, the Dominican Republic with the D.R. Ministry of Tourism [...]

Why are we so uncomfortable with the truth?

06/24/2010 – 5:00 am

A couple weeks ago I had to write a review of a spa/hotel that I had visited.  I thought the place was beautiful, but it didn’t totally meet my expectations, and there were some things I didn’t like.  Instead of just writing from my heart, with my honest opinions, I tried to sugarcoat it.  I [...]