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Favorite iPhone Apps of a Freelancing, Gadget Geek Mom
I’ve been meaning to write about my favorite overall iPhone apps ever since writing about the Best iPhone Apps for the Italophile on my Italy travel blog. But as a freelance writer and stay-at-home mom, I don’t have a whole lot of time to devote to writing on my personal blog. Enter BestKidsApps.com, a genius [...]
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I’m spending the holidays in Tallahassee, Florida, which happens to be the town from which the Whitis family, the winners of Good Morning America’s “Our Lights Are Better Than Your Lights”, hail. I’m not only in the same town as this Christmas lights attraction, but approximately three doors down from it. When my family and [...]
I’ve probably been thinking about this post ever since I learned that Bobby Flay doesn’t like lentils. While that may not instantly trigger in your mind the idea for a blog post about travel, I remember thinking, “He’s a chef – he’s not allowed to not like lentils.” But of course chefs have their likes [...]
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of writing a FOB (front of the book) “feature” on the legendary Parsi eatery Britannia & Co. for Saveur magazine. At the time, I was living in Bombay, India, and had frequented Britannia enough to know that it deserved to be written about – if not by [...]
There are some travel destinations you visit for the sightseeing and some you visit simply for relaxation. Montreal falls into the latter category specifically as a city where you can relax, recharge, and tuck into some of the best food this side of the Atlantic. I had always heard about Montreal’s culinary traditions: France-centric with [...]
As long as I’ve been traveling and dreaming of travel, it is a surprise to me that I’ve never sat down and written out my travel life list. After all, one of the earliest goals I ever remember setting for myself was to visit Paris before I was 20. As an exchange student to Germany [...]
I recently got the coolest invitation ever. The editorial director of focusfeatures.com, distributor of the new George Clooney film The American, asked me to come up with a list of my five favorite Italy films. The result was Five in Focus: American Expat Bloggers on Italian Movies. I was one of six bloggers that was [...]
Introducing Miss Adventures...
Hi! I'm Melanie Renzulli, and I've been blogging as "Miss Adventures" since 2004. I am a travel, food, and culture writer; gadget geek; social media addict; avid sports fan; and mother of two extremely energetic boys. This blog is where all of those interests collide. You can find me writing about Italy on my blog Italofile.com, about USA travel on About.com, and about general travel news and deals on Gadling. If you need to get in touch, look for me on Twitter. I'm almost always around.
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