by Robin | Mar 1, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Family, Kids, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Travel
It's her beauty mark. Just to the right of the center of her nose and an inch below viridian pool. She chooses the color of her eyes (just one of her super powers), flashing from smokey steel to azure dagger to silent sea. They dance...
by Robin | Feb 29, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Travel
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. Mel Brooks Munich is masterpiece, a city in living color. I could tell you about these sights, but I think the pictures speak j u s t f i n e for themselves ~ No...
by Robin | Feb 29, 2012 | Brand partnership, Health, Vicks VapoRub Bloggers
Back when I joined Vicks VapoRub for their Winter campaign, I had no idea a few months later I'd be in another country 5,000 miles from home. How in the world could I write a natural cough-and-cold-ish story that would support a product sold in the...
by Robin | Feb 28, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Top Ten, Travel
You could say the first city I visited in Germany was Munich since it's where our plane landed. As airports go, it was impressive–stylish, modern, A-list retailers and easy to navigate. But it was hardly the Munich I'd get to see when...
by Robin | Feb 24, 2012 | (in)courage, Blogging, Friends, friendship, Personal
People who need people,Are the luckiest people in the world. Music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merril, unforgettably delivered by Barbra Streisand Sometimes I can't see the trees for the forest. The big picture is plain enough, but I'm blind to trunks and...