A few weeks later I had the perfect opportunity to put the $25 organizer to use when I left my home in Boston for a one-year stint in Madrid, Spain. Since then, I haven’t gotten on a plane or train without first filling up the small, pouch-like organizer with a fully charged iPod, cell phone and other essentials.
Travel gear comes and goes. But the memories associated with it remain. If there’s one piece of gear that to me holds my dearest memories it is my 15L Dakine Wonder backpack.
When BVT Products contacted me about reviewing the Go Caddy water bottle holder, I said, “of course!” There’s always hope, right?
Retro is all the rage right now in beach fashions and let’s face it, Marilyn Monroe knew how to wear a swimsuit and she wasn’t supermodel thin. So this beach season embrace your curves and have fun with a retro swimsuit and some cool shades.
When it comes to compiling our holiday wish lists, your average Travel Belle (not that there’s anything about us that’s average, thank goodness) would best be described as being a little bit frivolous and a little bit frugal; mostly girlie, but sometimes not. We asked some of you to share a few of their favorite things that they wouldn’t mind showing up under their tree at all.
It’s 3:30 am at home and the queue for foreigners crawls toward the Immigration Officer’s window. My teeth need brushing and my make-up has long worn off; I’m not exactly looking my best for my first meeting with a local. Thankfully consolation rests in my hand— Oh, beloved document! A unique personal history, my passport [...]
Eleonora, The Travel Belle’s own moda spia (fashion spy), has been at it again, this time combing Italian beaches for the latest fashion trends of 2010. The good news is that whether you like baring it all or prefer covering up a little, there’s some fashion inspiration for all manner of belle beach-goers for how [...]
“So what do you want to do when you’re here?” is the question asked by an old friend who is letting me stay on her pullout sofa in New York City for two nights before a conference. We both know talking about what to do in New York City is a formality more or less. [...]
Orange sherbet: Color for summer The word, “sherbet,” means “sweet” in the Middle Eastern world. Prepared with cooked fruit juices and considered a great anecdote to summer’s heat, sherbet originated in Turkey several centuries ago. Sherbet is similar to sorbet with one major difference: Sorbet does not contain milk or eggs, whereas sherbet does. Popular [...]
Luggage reviews Broken zippers got you down? Feel the need to travel with duct tape? Perhaps this is the year you need to release all that old baggage and acquire some new. Since we now must pay to check our bags, or alternately haul them on the plane with us, they should at least put [...]
