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Beignets

Living Well

Judy Schwartz HaleyTagged adventuring, Eating Well, food, friends, new orleans, photography, Restaurants

When it comes to food and travel, whenever possible I like to eat where the locals eat, tourist traps rarely have the best food. I have also come to believe that Alton Brown will never steer me wrong when it comes to food. Both of those rules turned out to be true on this my trip to […]

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The Guarded Beauty of New Orleans

Inspiration

Judy Schwartz HaleyTagged adventuring, architecture, Elsewhere, Home, introspection, life lessons, new orleans, photography

One of the most precious and valuable benefits of travel is that it takes you out of your comfort zone, and if you’re open to the experience, it provides perspective. Travel teaches us about other cultures, but it also gives us the opportunity to learn about ourselves. It is hard to forget the devastation of […]

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The Big Easy

Adventure

Judy Schwartz HaleyTagged adventuring, Daily Life, Elsewhere, friends, new orleans, Photography, ww

We spent the evening walking down Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, The Big Easy. It’s Friday night, and I’m told much tamer than the partying a few nights earlier on Fat Tuesday. My friends and I stand at the corner waiting for the light to change so we can cross the […]

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Traveling Companions

Adventure

Judy Schwartz HaleyTagged breast cancer under 40, Daily Life, Elsewhere, friends, friendship, new orleans, not just surviving but thriving, Photography, ww, Young Survival Coalition, ysc

The second anniversary of my cancer diagnosis is quickly approaching. Of course it has me thinking. A lot. Not all the thoughts are happy thoughts, but that just comes with the territory. But some of those thoughts are happy thoughts. Warm, fuzzy, happy thoughts. Like the girls I met because I have cancer. These are […]