5 Travel Gift Ideas for the Sports Fans in Your Life

Last week we highlighted travel gift ideas for book lovers. This week, let’s focus on the sports fans in your life. Here are 5 travel gift ideas for all the sports fans. Football Super Bowl XLIX – Glendale, AZ – February 1, 2015 Next February, thousands of football fans from all over the country will […]

7 Things to do in Detroit When Going to a Lions Game

Even though we’re in t the first round of NHL playoffs, and baseball season just got underway, it’s time to start planning your trips for the 2014 NFL season! Yes, that’s right, football. The National Football League (NFL) released its 2014 schedule this week. Over the next few months, we’ll be highlighting fun facts about […]

Seattle Seahawks Win Super Bowl XLVIII

Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowl XLVIII champs! Whether you’re a football fan or not, Seattle is a great place to visit. Not only is it the coffee capital of the US (Starbucks anyone?), home to Amazon, Microsoft, and Nordstrom, it also has some really great things to see and do. Have you been? […]

4 Days in Seattle – Day 2

As I said in my last post, there is so much to do and see in Seattle, Washington!  Day 2, Sunday, was a bit more sedate. We knew the downtown area would be crazy with Seahawks and Cowboys fans, so we decided to take the ferry and head over to Bainbridge Island. (Unfortunately, my sister […]

Romance Writers of America Conference Follow-up

The Romance Writers of America conference was AMAZING! Not only did I get to sit in on and moderate incredible panels, I got to meet some of my favorite authors, too! And the literacy fundraiser was a complete success raising over $50,000 for three Orange County charities:  ProLiteracy Worldwide, Read OC, and Literacy Volunteers – […]

Calling all Notre Dame Vs. Navy Fans!

How would you like to see the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame and Navy go head-to-head in the Emerald Isle Classic on Monday, September 1st, in Ireland? Fans, we have a stellar package for you, including round trip airfare!   For the game: Two nights at the luxurious Lyrath Estate in Klkenny Club tickets to […]

Did you know…

Babe Ruth’s Jersey, worn in 1920 when he was with the Yankees,  sold for $4.4 million dollars just the other day?  This set a record as the highest price paid for any item of sports memorabilia.  And it’s not just the Sultan of Swat’s jersey that has a heavy price tag; his home run balls, […]

Are you ready for some football?

It’s just a few short days until the football game to end all football games, Super Bowl XLVI, scheduled to kick off 6:30pm on Sunday, February 5th.    But the celebrations and events created specifically around the Super Bowl started as early as last Friday, turning this event into something well and above just another bowl […]

What’s in Your Bowl?

One of the biggest past times this time of year is watching all the great bowl games.    Starting with the Rose Bowl back at the beginning of the 20th century, the popularity of these college games has grown to where there are now 35 games referred to as Bowl Games.  The origination of the term […]

Turkey and Football–A Great Tradition

Along with Turkey and Stuffing, watching football is another great Thanksgiving Day tradition that has been around almost as long as the holiday itself.  The very first football game was played in 1876.  By 1893, Football became part of the holiday tradition. Another long standing Thanksgiving Football tradition is that the Detroit Lions play in […]