See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. If you’ve been following the whole saga of planning a family reunion with my relatives from Belarus, you probably remember my recent post on rescheduling their cancelled flight from Minsk to Istanbul. If not, here is a brief recap. Due to war situation in Ukraine, their flight from […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. Not long ago, my husband and I got a chance to get away (no kids!) to Siesta Key in Florida. For those unfamiliar, Siesta Key is a funky beach community on the Gulf of Mexico. While relatively discovered, it’s not quite mainstream yet. And that’s the way I like it! […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. Not too long ago, I’ve met the minimum spending requirements on my husband’s Capital One Venture X card. It actually happened way ahead of schedule thanks to all the expenses we had due to upcoming trip to Europe. Anyway, it was time to pick my new victims, aka credit cards. […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. My family is literally weeks away from taking our trip to Europe. And yet, not long ago, I found myself still trying to figure out our flight options. And I’m one of those people who likes to book things many months in advance. One of the many unpleasant […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. As  I’ve mentioned a few times before, I’m currently in the middle of planning a family reunion in Europe. It’s supposed to take place in just a few weeks, but so far, everything has been going wrong. Of course, the biggest obstacle currently is the ongoing war in […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Last week my family had a chance to stay at a Country Inn and Suites in a nearby town. I won’t do a review because if you’ve seen one Country Inn and Suites, you’ve seen them all. I will only say that in my experience, this hotel brand […]