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The Newest Emojis
Apple has graced us with eight new emojis in the latest iOS 18.4 update, because clearly, our digital lexicon was incomplete without...

Donna Piergies
Apr 11, 2025
Sandhill Crane Migration
Dressed warmly for the cold night, we are lined up at dusk at the open windows of a bird blind in Nebraska. We are quiet except for the...

Lara Cox
Apr 4, 2025


Spring Cleaning
Spring is just around the corner and it’s the perfect time to refresh your home and get organized. A well-planned approach to spring...

Roxxy Leiser
Mar 7, 2025


Favorite Moroccan Memory
Our guide Khaled arranged a local farm tour with a friend of his who had decided to leave the city to return to run his family’s apple...

Lara Cox
Feb 28, 2025


Crossword Edition
If you’re like me, every morning (or late evening, if you’re still up after midnight), you open up your NY Times Games app and run...

Donna Piergies
Feb 21, 2025


Moroccan Food Tour
Starting off right We started off our Moroccan Food Tour in the Paris airport where we had a delicious sandwich and pastry. Everyone kept...

Lara Cox
Feb 14, 2025


Art in Vegas
My siblings were in town to celebrate my dad’s 95th birthday. I heard about an extraordinary art exhibit at the Sahara West Library , so...

Paula Engel
Jan 31, 2025


Wisdom from the Blue Pearl
Our Moroccan tour group was wonderfully small, there were just seven of us, plus our guide Khaled and a driver. We flew into Casablanca,...

Lara Cox
Jan 24, 2025


New Year, New You
It’s 2025! 🤯 Many of us see the new year as a blank slate—a chance to reflect, reset, and resolve to make positive changes. Whether it’s...

Roxxy Leiser
Jan 3, 2025


Strip Walker
Have you ever envied tourists walking the Strip on an average day in July? Me neither. However, taking that walk on a balmy day in...

Lara Cox
Dec 27, 2024


Tips For Vegas Show Tickets
This Christmas, my family is coming in from Missouri to celebrate the holiday. I have been looking online for show tickets and was very...

Tamara Heidel
Dec 20, 2024


Realtor Buys and Builds House in a Day
I recently bought, built, and gifted a house in one day. Granted, it was for a toddler and made of foam, but I'll take the win!...

Lara Cox
Dec 13, 2024


Design with Jules
Wallpaper the Small Space Wallpaper is back, folks! Not only do they have modern and chic designs now, but the adhesive is very user...

Juliana Burke
Nov 1, 2024


Lessons Learned at Burning Man
All things considered, I had a fabulous time at Burning Man and I'm still pondering the lessons I learned. To name a few: making...

Lara Cox
Oct 4, 2024


The art, the art!
I can't finish the Burning Man blog series without talking about the art, which was fantastic. I was blown away by the work people went...

Lara Cox
Sep 27, 2024


Talk to God, and Other Camps at Burning Man
Talk To God We stopped at a random old-school phone booth with a sign at the top that said Talk to God. I stepped inside and picked up...

Lara Cox
Sep 23, 2024


Tea & Toilets
Can we talk about toilets? One of the sayings at Burning Man is that the playa provides. In our case that meant tea and toilets. I know...

Lara Cox
Sep 16, 2024


The Trek to Burning Man
RV packed to the gills, we filled the tanks with gas and propane and hit the road around 6:30pm on Saturday. Since we couldn't pick up...

Lara Cox
Sep 6, 2024


Packing for the Playa
I spent the morning overpacking for Burning Man. I usually underpack, but given there are no stores to pop into, I figured I'd best throw...

Lara Cox
Aug 23, 2024


Prepping for Burning Man
Last week, I almost bought a 1994 RV. I'm going to Burning Man at the end of August. I remember the first time someone told me about an...

Lara Cox
Aug 16, 2024
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