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February 12, 2016

Get Your Kicks on Route 66 in Kingman, Arizona

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If you have been around awhile like me you remember the song “Get Your Kicks on Route 66”.  Now I am not saying that I was around in 1946 when Bobby Troup wrote this little ditty but I have heard various versions of it over Continue reading →

February 5, 2016

More Western North Carolina Restaurant Love – Jordan Street Cafe

Beth Ann Chiles/ Food, Thoughts, Travel/ 18 Comments/ 4067

Chris and I are trying to hit up all of the local restaurants at least once and have found some pretty amazing ones including several in our own town of Brevard.  I have written a couple of posts about places we have enjoyed including a Continue reading →

January 28, 2016

Desert Finds: Greek Food and the World’s Largest Thermometer

Beth Ann Chiles/ Food, Travel/ 27 Comments/ 4785

When Chris and I road trip we like to find out of the way places to eat even if it is in the desert.  On our recent trip to Las Vegas we spent a couple of days exploring outside of Las Vegas and found ourselves Continue reading →

January 25, 2016

My Best of Show –IBS Las Vegas 2016

Beth Ann Chiles/ Home Improvements, Products, Travel/ 15 Comments/ 3798

Chris brought me along this year to Las Vegas to attend the IBS trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center.  It has the worst initials, doesn’t it?   But now when I think of IBS I think International Builder’s Show and it has a Continue reading →

January 21, 2016

Alpacas – My New True Love <3

Beth Ann Chiles/ Animals, Photography, Products, Travel, Video/ 17 Comments/ 4973

I have a new love in my life and it is an alpaca named Ted.  Or it might actually be Belle.  Or Hershey.  I can’t really decide which is my favorite but just know I am now enamored with alpacas. Chris and I are probably Continue reading →

January 20, 2016

Waterfall Wednesday and a Giveaway

Beth Ann Chiles/ Giveaway, Travel/ 28 Comments/ 4559

Today I would like to show you another waterfall that is found in our new home county of Transylvania.  I love that we hardly have to travel to go find waterfalls and since waterfalls are one of my favorite things in nature you can imagine Continue reading →

January 15, 2016

A Trip Back to Australia

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Australia. The Land Down Under. Most of you who have been following my blog for awhile know that Chris and I spent about a year living in Australia.  It was a magical time and we have so many stories to tell. We still talk about Continue reading →

January 14, 2016

Road Trips and Conference Calls

Beth Ann Chiles/ Humor, Life stories, Travel/ 12 Comments/ 3525

When Chris (AKA Mr. Diamond) and I go on a road trip we have fun.  We try to get off the beaten path and explore things on our own. Lately a lot of our trips have been combined work / pleasure trips which suits me Continue reading →

January 11, 2016

Things I Learned in Florida

Beth Ann Chiles/ Photography, Thoughts, Travel/ 9 Comments/ 3106

When we travel I always like to take the opportunity to learn something and our recent trip to Florida allowed me the opportunity to have some much needed down time and while Chris slaved away working I was able to decompress and plot my strategy Continue reading →

January 8, 2016

Bermuda – Another Look

Beth Ann Chiles/ Photography, Travel/ 26 Comments/ 4109

 A couple of years ago we went to Bermuda and even though it was during a difficult period in our lives when Chris had been restructured from his work position we decided to go ahead and keep the vacation we had planned.  After all the Continue reading →

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
5 of 5 stars
The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki
As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...
Old Girls in Low Cotton
3 of 5 stars
Old Girls in Low Cotton
by Helen Childress
This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...
The Good Girl
5 of 5 stars
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica
I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...
All the Light We Cannot See
4 of 5 stars
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...
An Abundance of Katherines
5 of 5 stars
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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