Welcome to Day 2 of my 2014 blog book tour! Please join me through October 15 as I celebrate Conundrum Press releasing the new edition of my memoir, They Only Eat Their Husbands: Love, Travel, and the Power of Running Away. Today I visit two blogs: For travel lovers,...
I often receive requests from travel websites to do link exchanges or interviews, and my goal is to participate only in those that allow me to remain true to my values about such things as: living life as an adventure, sensitive cultural exchange, environmental...
You may recall this week's return guest as a living example of the Girls Trek Too mission: "to inspire women to live life as an adventure." Sandra Ford Walston does that every day as America's Courage Expert, and I'm grateful she has returned to share more of her tips...
Since the Girls Trek Too mission is to inspire women to live life as an adventure, I was excited when America's Courage Expert agreed to share her wisdom with us. Please welcome Sandra Ford Walston, author of the bestselling book Courage: The Heart and Spirit of Every...
Remember the time you were stuck at the side of the road all night, trying to hitchhike your way to Andorra? Then there’s the time you spent four hours in a Madrid train station, trying to buy tickets, only to be thrown out by the ticket seller because you were a...
DRESS REHEARSALS Adventures are like dress rehearsals for the real thing. I have spent my life careening from one adventure to the next - always looking for the next big trip to tick off my list. Whether climbing Kilimanjaro, trekking through Bhutan or scuba diving...
On Monday, December 6, you can listen in on my radio tour as I share travel tips and talk about "They Only Eat Their Husbands: A Memoir of Alaskan Love, World Travel and the Power of Running Away." I'll be on the radio during morning drive-time from coast-to-coast. A...
I've recently become a fan of the Mortal Muses, nine exceptional female photographers from the USA, Canada, and Europe. Their blog offers instant inspiration via daily postings of beautiful, moving, and amusing photos. Today they've invited me to answer the question:...
I only remember two recurring nightmares from childhood. In one, I was with my mom in the greeting card aisle of a store, and when I turned around she was gone. I searched for her in a series of rooms where I had to overcome bizarre obstacles. In the end, I walked out...
“It’s not contagious,” I repeated, as friends backed away from me in horror. I couldn’t resist telling a travel tale involving skin-tunneling parasites. In turn, my friends couldn’t resist shifting back just a hair, although they insisted they understood there was no...
Cara Lopez Lee is the author of They Only Eat Their Husbands. She’s a winner of The Moth StorySLAM and performs in many storytelling shows, including Unheard L.A., and Strong Words. Her writing appears in such publications as Los Angeles Times, Manifest-Station, and Writing for Peace. She’s a traveler, swing dancer, and baker of pies. Cara and her husband live in the beach-town of Ventura, California, where they enjoy tending their Certified Wildlife Habitat full of birds.
