Category: BLOG
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GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY!
Do you scroll through Pinterest to fortify your travel lust? Do you find you’ve got a case of FOMO (fear of missing out) when you scroll through social media? Do you wish it were possible to find time amidst the minutiae of the everyday to do what you really want to do? We’re all busy. Today, it…
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WHY BEING A TOURIST IS TOTALLY FINE (AND SUPER FUN!)
Though we all dread the word “tourist,” the truth is that being a tourist is super fun (plus you learn a lot!). True, you might not want to don the stereotypical visor and fanny pack combination or yell for your brood at the tippy-top of your lungs, but there are certainly other ways to benefit…
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ADDRESSING DINNER AFTER GOLF
Admit it. One of the fun and entertaining elements of ladies golf is the clothing. You can go sporty and look like many of Korean LPGA players. Or you can go totally Michelle Wie and show off them gams. Each of us does it a bit differently. We recently met a couple of ladies from…
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INSPIRATION — WHERE DO YOU FIND IT?
At Second Chance Travels, we understand that sometimes life overwhelms so much, that we need to slow down and take time to sort through our dreams. Yes, we meant your dreams, not your problems. It’s a great trick to put your daily issues into perspective. So take a 5-minute break. Read this poem. Reflect on…
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ANIMALS AND KIDS
Each year I spend about six weeks in the UK, and last year I wandered around Scotland with 13 of my best golfing buds. As our hired driver motored us from one village to the next, my eyes were peeled for one of my favorite creatures: the highland cow. Now locals, with their Scottish brogue, pronounce them “heeland…
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BRING TRAVEL HOME INTO YOUR KITCHEN
The first real memory I have of my kitchen pantry was when I was eight years old and my baby brother was born. It was then that my parents changed our pantry to make space for this bouncing baby boy. Fast-forward a whole bunch of decades and a handful of kitchens later, and I can…
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MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE
Recently I fulfilled a decades-long dream: I played a round of golf at Pinehurst Golf Club in North Carolina. Now I’m not the best golfer out there–or the worst. I probably played better than the other three in my foursome. But I played. I chipped onto the same greens that Payne Stewart chipped onto, and I…