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Nov 20

Hong Kong Part II with author Anju Gattani

Hong Kong II – Bang for Bucks! By Anju Gattani Armed with so many wonderful responses to my last blog ‘Don’t Get Me Wrong, Hong Kong’ I decided to resolve my inner conflict before the release of my debut novel ‘DUTY AND DESIRE’: keeping my memories of home—Hong Kong—intact while in a state of flux (both the city and me).              Last time my cousin Sarita from Dubai suggested I fly down, experience the city and ‘get over’ the changes.  “You can’t just go,” my husband and kids declared, “we need you!” – aka cooking, laundry, homework and the whole [...]

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Oct 09

Turkey with author Anne Fraser

Welcome to Turkey   by Anne Fraser             Hi, I’m Anne Fraser and I write Medical Romances for Harlequin Mills and Boon.  As someone who travels a lot and would go anywhere (and often do) at the drop of a hat, I was delighted to be given the opportunity to write a series of travel blogs for Petit Fours and Hot Tamales.             Every time I go somewhere new, I still get that thrill of discovering a new place, or of returning to a favourite place and discovering a place to eat or walk I didn’t know. It also helps when [...]

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Jun 19

Gulf Shores, Alabama with author Susan Carlisle

Gulf Shores, Alabama by Susan Carlisle Until about twenty years ago, the coastal area of Alabama remained a quiet white sand getaway that few knew about. Now it is a busy beach area with many things to offer families, but it still manages to maintain the small town feel. Big or small the wide white sand beaches are still the biggest draw. In Gulf Shores www.gulfshores.com during the major tourist months many of the large hotels and condos are crowded but in the spring and early fall the town settles down to a slower pace.  The weather hovers in the [...]

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May 15

Train – America by Rail with author Trish Milburn

  America by Rail   By Trish Milburn I’m not a flyer. I have flown before, but I’m not a fan. If there is another way to get somewhere, I’m taking it. Though I’ve traveled by Amtrak train several times in recent years, what follows is an account of my first-ever Amtrak trip, taken in the summer of 2005. Since I was new to train travel then, I thought it might be of interest to those reading this who have never traveled by train before. ~~~ The train depot in the tiny West Tennessee town of Newbern doesn’t operate anymore. [...]

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Apr 17

Singapore with author Anju Gattani

  Scintillating Singapore     By Anju Gattani               My first trip to Singapore, derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Singapura’ meaning Lion City, was over twenty years ago when I was a teenager growing up in Hong Kong; it was the first of many visits because this beautiful city of lion dances, Buddhist and Hindu temples, a Wall Street-like financial center and a sizzling city night life with multi-cuisines, has the power to allure anyone from any corner of the world.         Singapore is a city-state island lying off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula in Asia.  It is the world’s [...]

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Mar 20

Greece with Beci Falkenberg

    Greece ….Set Sail for A Mediterranean Adventure   By: Beci Falkenberg          One by one eighteen hearty souls negotiated the swaying gangplank to board the M/S Panagiota, our motorized wooden sailboat, for a seven day Greek Island hopping bicycle tour.  We watched as the boat cast-off from the tenth largest coastline in the world…. destination: the picturesque whitewashed villages of the Cyclades Islands southeast of Athens and the mainland. With its 1400+ mostly uninhabited islands, Greece is scattered like marbles in the azure water of the Mediterranean, the Aegean, and Ionian Seas.       Shortly after departure, strong winds forced [...]

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Mar 06

PRAGUE AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC with Beci Falkenberg

    Simple Seductions…   FALL IN LOVE WITH PRAGUE AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC       By Beci Falkenberg         Food and travel have long shared a shamelessly seductive romance. One of their red-letter affairs swept them away to Prague and the southern region of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. Last fall I cycled with them in tandem.        We filled our days inhaling centuries of Old World charm, sampling the rich history and flavors of that glimmering European country along winding cobblestone streets, mean­dering rivers, majestic castles and the vast open countryside.        Prague, the capitol of the Czech Republic, [...]

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Jan 30 - Julee won her choice of ebook or tree book of Leslie Tentler’s newest release, Edge of Midnight, donated by Pamela Mason.

Jan 29 - Judi Phillips' electronic version of Night of Turmoil goes to Mary Preston

Jan 27 - Susan Carlisle's basket of books written by Georgia authors including her Heart Surgeon, Hero...Husband? goes to Linda Henderson

Jan 25 - Winners of autographed copies of Judy L. Hubbard's These Arms of Mine are Christine Warner & Carol Burnside

Jan 24 - Laura Russell wins a $10.00 Starbucks gift card from Darcy

Jan 22 - Winner of a fancy Moroccan bookmark is Blythe Gifford

Jan 20 - Winner of an autographed copy of Allison Brennan’s Fatal Secrets, donated by Lindy is Mary Preston

Jan 19 - Dorree Anderson won a $10 GC to Starbucks from Maxine!

Jan 18 - Winner of an autographed copy of Tawny Weber's latest story, SEX, LIES AND MIDNIGHT is Chris S

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