It takes a lot to get this girl to leave the house when the temperature dips much below forty-five degrees, let alone to don a big, blue parka, fuzzy gloves and fur-lined boots and walking willingly into a nine-degree dome of ice. Though, you have to admit, I do kinda rock the fur-lined boots. If […]
The Night I Became a Zombie – Kings Dominion’s Halloween HAUNT
10/04/2012 by
I became a zombie for the night last weekend. No, it wasn’t the zombie apocalypse. I’ll be sure to give you plenty of notice when that time comes. This was a Zombie Invasion dance party to open Halloween HAUNT at Kings Dominion. Zombies in all shapes and sizes ripped up their clothes, painted their faces […]
Going Outside with Richmond Recreation
10/02/2012 by
Most would agree that Richmond, Virginia is the best town ever. And by most, I don’t mean those that just happen to live there. I mean an actual, bona fide ballot conducted by Outside Magazine. And if you don’t believe me, you can check out the October issue (35th anniversary edition) of the magazine. It’s […]
Howl-O-Scream and #FrightNight 2012 – The Dark Side of the Gardens
09/19/2012 by
A couple of weeks ago, I received an invitation to a social media event, #FrightNight, scheduled for the opening weekend of Busch Gardens’ annual Howl-O-Scream event … read more… The above link will take you to the rest of my guest blog post at Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s website. Go ahead, check it out. I go […]
My Mission to Margaritaville
08/04/2012 by
Once upon a time, I sold t-shirts for Jimmy Buffett. We workers in the Merchandise department at Kings Dominion were responsible for that type of thing at concerts…. that little stand where consenting consumers happily hand over their cash to purchase t-shirts, decals, buttons, hats, etc…etc… As a seventeen-year-old, it was a pretty cool deal […]
Funny thing is….
04/17/2010 by
While I’ve been a writer for as long as I can remember (even when I was employed under various other titles, none of which had anything to do with writing), I’ve never really given any thought to the concept of “blogging.” I’m really not even sure what I’m supposed to be “blogging” about. So…..here goes…… Hang on and […]
