“She dreams of mermaids and motorcycles and meeting a man who can dance.” I met Jason by accident. While driving through Tralee, Ireland, I hit a curb, which resulted in a flat tire and left my friend and me stranded on the side of the road. We were two women in a strange country without [...]

A colleague recently asked me, “How do you keep it together with all this travel?” I laughed out loud and thought, “what in the world is ‘together’ and how do I get there?” The reality of the situation: if you don’t love to travel, you probably couldn’t handle this lifestyle. But, there is a little [...]

There are some people in this world who are nice because they are taught to be nice to others, and others who are nice because it’s simply their nature. In America, we’re nice – on occasion – because we’re told to be. The Irish are nice because it’s their nature. Let me start by saying [...]

Remember when we were young and airplanes were a fantasy ride? We idolized the pilots that manned our ship in the sky and when the flight attendants handed us our plastic wings, we felt like one of the crew. Remember when you could walk into the cockpit and meet the pilot? The perfectly-dressed flight attendant [...]