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Daily Women Travel Tips
So my mom turned 60 this month.
And just guess how she wanted to spend it…
No, my mom wanted to spend her 60th birthday zip lining!
So the good folks at Margarita Adventures showed us the ropes (no pun intended) and a damn good time…
My name is Annette and my city is Petaluma, California.
I have lived in my city Petaluma for a total of 29 years.
My city is best described by these five words: charming, gardening-haven, historic, diverse, and community-driven.
The most famous thing about my city is that the movie American Graffiti was filmed here in 1972. Every year Petaluma pays tribute to the movie with the Salute to American Graffiti event. The downtown streets are blocked off and attendees can view classic cars, listen to rock n’ roll music and cruise the main drag.
The best way to explore my city is on foot or by car. You must stroll through the Historic downtown for shopping and eating, then, drive through the beautiful Victorians that line the West Side.
When my girlfriends come for a visit, I always take them to Hiro’s Japanese Restaurant for the Red Dragon Roll, Ahi Poke and a Sake Cocktail.
My name is Sara and my city is Tucson.
I have lived in my city Tucson for 25 years—yup, born and raised!
My city is best described by these five words: sprawling, kind, community, adobe, and hot!
The most famous thing about my city is its natural landscape.
The best way to explore my city is by bike—Tucson has hundreds of miles of bike lanes!
When my girlfriends come for a visit, I always take them to El Charro because they have amazing margaritas and some of the best Mexican food in town. In fact, they invented the chimichanga!
You seem like the kind of women that prefer their vodka straight up, so why not hear the best picks of Vegas from someone who’s spent almost twenty years there?
My name is Hilary Billings and my city is Las Vegas, Nevada.
My city is best described by these five words: allure, abandonment, entertainment, neon, and of course, lust.
What’s the most famous thing about my city? Well, what’s in a name? The Strip? The showgirls? The roulette tables or its Rat Pack & mafia studded history? I guess it just depends on what matters to you.
The best way to explore my city is on foot. Wear good walking shoes. Read more about why.
When my girlfriends come for a visit, I always take them to Firefly first for delicious afternoon sangria and tapas. There’s no better food for catching up with friends than tapas.
The best place to take a guy on a date is Sambalatte. It’s a fun atmosphere and they have rad drinks and live music most days. It’s casual and a great place to get to know someone.
When I want to get my social dance on, I always go to The Aruba downtown on Friday nights. They have at least four solid hours of jazz and swing music for people to dance to.
The most random thing about my city is that even though it has been dubbed the city of sin, it was originally settled by Mormon missionaries.
Whether you believe in them or not, aliens have arrived and are taking over pop culture with a vengeance.
From Cartman’s anal probe on South Park to the Aliens movies featuring Sigourney Weaver, extra terrestrial publicity has been long lived.
What better place to probe your curiosity than in the controversial UFO sighting hotspot of Roswell, New Mexico.
Perhaps one of the most beautiful cities in Colorado, Boulder is home to the University of Colorado, numerous high-tech companies and outdoor enthusiasts.
This fun destination has something for everyone so be sure to plan a stop on your next trip to Colorado. Continue
Located in a desolate corner of Wyoming (which incidentally is the U.S.’s least populated state) lies some of Northern America’s best and relatively undisturbed skiing.
Named after fur trappers who descended into the valley – which appeared to be a “hole” from above - Jackson Hole is a wonderland for winter sports. Two mountains – the Rendevous and Apres Vous (meaning “meet with you” and “after you,” respectively) – dominate the valley floor. Continue
Want to watch a Shakespeare play in the United States this summer?
Take your pick; there are hundreds, if not thousands, of theaters and festivals to choose from. But there is just one that heralds the coming of Romeo like no other.
It’s a place that is synonymous with the legendary playwright and his incomparable works.Continue
You’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
You’ve hiked to the top of Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park and trekked along the rim of Bryce Canyon.
You’ve even camped in Monument Valley and placed a body part in each state at the Four Corners Monument.
Yet, you haven’t done it all. Not even close.
There are many breathtaking places in the American Southwest, yet there is one unique and sacred spot that seems to mesmerize visitors more than any other.
A dangerous place where you can’t stay long, because the threat of death is just too great. Continue
If there is such a thing as a perfect wave, you’ll likely find it on Oahu’s North Shore.
The big, glassy winter waves of this legendary surf mecca attract the best surfers in the world, while summer waves are far smaller and more gentle – all of which makes the North Shore the perfect surf spot for beginners and veterans alike.Continue
Out of all of Utah’s national parks – Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and the north rim of the Grand Canyon – Arches unfortunately gets skipped by potential visitors. With fewer than one million visitors each year, there is a huge opportunity to enjoy the vast high-desert lands in solitude.
Arches national park is a dynamic – ever changing – land with new forming and disappearing arches, spires, fins, windows, pinnacles, and miraculously balanced rocks taking place every year. With over 2,000 recorded structures the park has something to awe at around every corner.
The park is desert land located in elevations ranging from 4,085 to 5,653 feet (1,245-1,723) above sea level. While the park is open year round the climate varies dramatically depending on the season. Summers are very hot while winters are dry and cold. Fluctuations in as much as 50 degrees may occur within any given day.
You’ll recognize it immediately. The two-lane road with a broken yellow stripe down the middle is straight as an arrow. It disappears on the horizon as if it has been swallowed by the crested buttes rising in the distance. You swear you have seen this surreal scenery before, but where?
It’s only later you realize it’s one of the world’s most photographed places, an iconic image of the American Southwest that is haunting and spellbinding. A place that draws you into its vast desert space to speak to your soul.Continue
Located in the center of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is the truly epic Crater Rim Drive, which circumnavigates the Kilauea caldera and provides stunning views of rainforest, desert, volcanoes, steam vents, pit craters, underground lava tubes and much, much more.
All this in a short 11 mile (17km) drive.
The following lists major highlights along the Crater Rim Drive.
It’s the darling of American ski resorts. Immortalized by the movie industry and the celebrities that vacation or own homes there. Aspen embodies the elegance and opulence of the world’s elite resorts, not just with world-class slopes, but some of the best après skiing you can find anywhere.
Combine spectacular natural beauty with state of the art amenities and you have Aspen, where lovers of fine taste go to find the most indulgent winter magic. Continue
It’s a bold claim.
Napa Valley isn’t the best wine tasting region in California.
The lesser known Paso Robles, California has award-winning wineries, sunning scenery, and world-class cuisines.
But that’s not all…
The tasting prices are very reasonable and rooms far less crowded.
Oh, and did I forget to mention the experience is casual – without the snobbish attitude you get in Napa.
Yes, bring on the debate…
It’s like the surface of Venus, barren and haunting.
Even the most resilient plants and animals can’t live there. It’s a snow white wasteland of salt and sky covering a vast area of northwestern Utah. Adding to the eerie atmosphere is the utterly flat and smooth landscape, so flat that they say you can see the Earth’s curvature.
Is it true?
You will have to see for yourself…Continue
Is Aspen a little too snobbish for you?
Then head to Vail where you still get all the class, style and trimmings without all the pretentious pomp. Vail is the biggest ski resort in the US, however it has maintained a small town feel and laid back atmosphere that makes it one of the most charming winter destinations in the world.
In Vail, you are not as likely to spot a celebrity as in Aspen, but that’s just the way fans of Vail like it. Continue
Silicon Valley - a tech company’s wonderland where money practically grows on trees and people become millionaires overnight.
At least some of them do. People from around the world have been flocking to the Northern California location (just 30 minutes south of San Francisco) to live the American dream of earning a living, buying a house and raising a family.
The Silicon Valley is essentially an area of urban and business sprawl spanning north from San Jose (the 3rd largest city in California and 10th in the U.S.) to Palo Alto, where it all began.Continue
If you thought San Diego was solely the land of the surfer…think again, brah.
Just a five-minute drive the Gaslamp District, and ten minutes away from the beach, lies Southern California’s finest culture hub. With over a dozen museums in less than two square miles, along with the world’s best zoo and a stellar theater scene, this is the art fiend’s equivalent of Oahu’s North Shore.
This, dudes and dudettes, is Balboa Park.
“All of the earth colors on a painter’s palette,” Georgia O’Keeffe said, “are out there in the many miles of badlands.”
Fortunately for us, she used all of them in her many years of residency in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The picturesque desert town inhabited by Pueblo tribes, Mexican caballeros and American ranchers provided a perfect home for the New York painter.
Flash forward fifty years, and Santa Fe has become an artistic boom town. Named an official UNESCO Creative City, where galleries, studios and exhibitions abound, the town regularly finds itself atop guidebooks’ “Where to Go” lists. If you do decide to take an artistic pilgrimage to the city of “Holy Faith,” be warned: O’Keefe thought she was only going for a visit, before making the badlands her home.
