Blogs from Tallahassee, Florida, United States, North America

It’s one month into college football, and I’ve now been to stadiums in four of the Power Five conferences (only the Pac-12 is left). And in five weeks, I’ve attended seven games. The home team has won every single time. This week found me in the ACC, watching NC State on the road, yet again. I bet they want me to stop doing that. The home team this week was Florida State, the Seminoles, in Tallahassee. When I was a teenager, Florida State was THE team to beat. And the town I spent part of middle- and all of high school in is exactly 100 miles away from the campus. In fact, the CBS affiliate for our town has been based in Tallahassee for as long as I can remember. So FSU was pumped into our ... read more

Next stop Germany - Meet the ladies Trying to write this introductory blog has been a little challenging. All of my two followers are probably thinking where did I pick Lori, Kim and Mandy up from. Well, actually high school. In high school I wasn’t as exciting as I am now. I knew a lot of folks superficially but I really only had one super close friend (Karen). I ran cross country with a wonderful group of folks, played golf with some super nice girls and attended an occasional field party but my close friendships came in college or after high school. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my high school career and enjoy all the friends I’ve made. I wouldn’t change that experience for the world. Lori So about five years ago I walked into ... read more

Planning, packing, animals and we are on our way!!! A couple of you guys might have followed my last blog (www.mytb.org/starlingsacrossthepond) and I was pleased with it but maaaan it was a commitment! The main reason I start, continued and completed the blog was because it was just an amazing once in a lifetime trip and I really wanted to share it with folks. I have to say that as much of a task as it was it was very well received, grammar errors, incorrect spelling and maybe in incorrect fact or two (whatevs - I gave it a good effort). So, here I am, attempting to document another two week Starling adventure. This trip has taken us almost six months to plan so here's the rundown. We will begin in New York, New York then ... read more

Hey everybody! It's that time again. Girls road trip 2017!!! Whoop, whoop! This year we are going to St. Augustine, Florida. It is the perfect spot because it is almost the same distance from Tallahassee and Wellington (where Heather lives). AS I have done in the past, let me introduce the ladies to ya! This year we have Heather, Kay and Del. I have previously introduced you to Heather and Del in the Savannah post (https://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Tallahassee/blog-907438.html) so I will try to tell you a little bit more about them in this post. Heather It is just so hard to believe that Heather and I have known each other for over 20 years (we are creeping up on 25 actually). We met in college and even though we haven't lived in the same city since 1994... read more

Starlings on the move Quote from mom(years ago): 'You know, 'so and so' told me that they saw you and said 'I just didn't think Olivia would grow up to be such a beautiful young lady.'' Another gem, from years ago, 'Olivia when you were in middle school 'they' told me you wouldn't ever amount to anything in high school because you talk too much.' Well, here's to 40 years of knocking down the critics that have been so mouthy to my momma! I'm doing allllright!! ----- It's been an interesting month. We saw a dear friend get married, helped a friend recover at our house from hip surgery, my parents dog passed away, our dog has no blood but somehow continues to survive, my mother had a stroke and our oldest had dental issues with ... read more