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Nice Jacket - Fashion at the Olympic Games

Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 1:35PM

Kiratiana rocking her Dutch jacket!As I walked into the unaccredited media center at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, people complimented me on my bright orange jacket that I had just bought at Heineken house. Even though I had seen Shani Davis win a gold medal, and actually curled after watching curling, nothing made me feel better than the compliments I received on the Netherlands Olympic Supporter Jacket.

While athletes are trying to win and do their best, National Olympic Committees are trying to make sure they look good while winning and receiving their medals.

My $200 USD Suit Supply Netherlands supporter jacket not only made me look good, but also managed to get me into a couple of exclusive parties because people thought I was a Dutch athlete.

This jacket inspired me to check the Olympic Gear of some other countries and do a little comparison.

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Monday

30Nov2009

Sunday Afternoon Tea and Macarons - Paris, France

Monday, November 30, 2009 at 9:10AM

This summer I spent a lovely hour or so at the Hôtel Des Académies Et Des Arts in Paris.

The only reason for my short visit was due to the hotel being sold out.

But loving the fact that they had hired street artist Jérôme Mesnager, giving him carte blanche to use the hotel as his canvas — I couldn’t resist stopping in. He painted one of his famous white bodies in each of the 20 rooms, throughout the main floor, and even a 50-foot mural on the exterior of the building.

Luckily for me, the hotel’s bistro serves tea from 2:30 to 6:00 pm daily, so I didn’t

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Friday

06Nov2009

Voluntourism Opportunity in Roatan, Honduras

Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:34AM

Tomorrow two of the Galavanting gals and I will be departing on the #FollowMeAtSea Princess Cruises Twitter press trip. When first invited, I wasn’t really keen to go because I’m not an organized tour kind of girl. But then I thought it would be a fun challenge to find the most unique and unexpected things to do while on a cruise.

When we found out the ports of call a few months ago, we began the hunt for cool things to do. Since we’re only in Roatan, Honduras for one day (November 11th), and since cruise tourists have such a bad reputation for never truly seeing the local communities visited, we decided to make our day there about helping a local charity. Our contributing editor Shanna Quinn researched a reputable, effective charity for us to

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Tuesday

27Oct2009

The Galavanting Gals Take a Western Caribbean Cruise!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 1:03PM

photo by vlasta2 on flickrIn less than two weeks, three of the gals of Galavanting will be heading on a Princess Cruise to the Western Caribbean. We’re pretty excited about the various ports of call, which will be Grand Cayman Island, Honduras, Mexico and the Bahamas. Quite a way to get out of the Chicago winter cold!

Along with several other travel writers who have a penchant for tweeting while on the road, we were invited by Princess Cruises to take a trip on their dime and report our experiences as part of a first-ever “Twitter Press Trip”. Seriously … pretty sweet gig, no?

(Don’t worry — as always — we drive the content of everything published on Galavanting and do not accept sponsored/paid posts.)

So check back here on Galavanting’s worldwide travel blog for some fun little videos

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Sunday

25Oct2009

Parador of Santo Estevo

Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 12:12AM

Don’t miss this place —The Parador of Santo Estevo in Spain’s northwestern region of Galicia is one of those places where you begin making plans for a return visit even before you enter the front door.

About 35 kilometers from Ourense, the parador is a former Benedictine monastery dating from the 6th Century. Yes, that’s hard to believe, but historians say the original foundation is that old. Indeed, inside the chapel that serves as the parish church for the surrounding area is an altarpiece that is that old. The “new” altarpiece” that is currently in use is from the Baroque period, only a few hundred years ago.