My Penguin Travels The places and people the penguin visits

Penguin Meets more Pink Ribbon Supporters

I was helping with a fund raising display at Affiliate Summit not too long ago and met some of the best people. I had no idea how willing people would be to share not only their support and their money for someone else’s needs, but also their amazing stories and generous hearts.

Here are a few of the amazing people I met that day…

Debby Phillips with Market Leverage She is also the host of MLTV

Debby is a fantastically upbeat, outgoing and truly geniune woman. She and the camera girl will be walking together in September in the Seattle Susan G. Komen 60 mile event.

Karen McMahon with Profit Rank

Karen stopped by our table to check out what we were  up to and ended up hanging out chatting for a while. She is absolutely wonderful - a real sweetheart and so very caring. We ran into her again on the last day of our conference - unfortunately, as crazy event endings go, we didn’t get to say goodbye. I hope we see her again soon!

Jonathan Erwin with Online Media Group

We stopped Jonathan as he was walking by. He was checking out the daily events with a smile on his face, even though his luggage was lost. We got to talking and discovered his company and our efforts have something in common - we’re all out trying to help charitable causes. I wasn’t able to snag a business card… so hopefully he’ll hear us talking about him and say hello.

Lisa Riolo independant Consultant

I got a great big kiss from Lisa, how super sweet is that?? She is also walking this September with the Affiliate Marketers Give Back team. She’s an amazing woman that I hope you have the opportunity to meet. Rarely do we (in the general sense) come across someone so open, caring, eager to share and just darn fun to hang out with. Definitely keep an eye on any walk talk - we’re going to have a blast!

There were so many great people at this event. I wish I had had the opportunity to get a photo with them all! If you’d like more info on my involvement in the fight for a cure for breast cancer, check out Pink Ribbon Penguins, you can also read the team blog.

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Penguin waddles through Boston

I recently returned from a fabulous trip to Boston. I was attending a conference with the camera girl, so I was able to meet another great list of wonderful people. I also spent some time waddling around town - what a wonderful city Boston is!

This is me getting ready to ride my first water taxi heading towards the Seaport convention center…. with a view of downtown behind me. Yes, I said water taxi. For those of you that are landlocked like I am, this was an exciting and fun concept. I could ride a water taxi all day!

I saw a lot of amazing things around the city… many of which we forgot to take photos of. But leave it to the camera girl to catch a shot of the quirky…

yes, that’s me sitting in the middle. You’d think she never saw a sewer before. She says its the brick sidewalks and cobble stone… the history under your feet.. that’s what this photo is all about. I personally think she just likes giggling about poop.

We continued on our sight seeing adventure, following a map which we kept turning upside down or backwards, which ended up being a different part of town all together. But the exploring was fun anyway.

We followed a little bit of the freedom trail throughout parts of the city. Made it to see Paul Revere’s grave, the New England Aquarium, Chinatown and the downtown marketplace (more photos later).

we were running out of time before we had to meet friends for dinner, so we didn’t make it to the park and garden areas, but we did walk by Boston Common.

I’d love to go back and spend more time in this city. The combination of contemporary and historical are wonderfully mixed. I barely got a sampling of the food… oh me oh my!

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My Trip to Italy

Two friends of mine, Nana and Mackenzie, took me to Rome earlier this summer. (OH yes! the camera girl was so sad to be stuck back in the states for this journey).

Me and Nana at the Trevi Fountain

me and mackenzie at the panthenon

We went on a sight seeing bus, a fast train to Venice and even a grand Canal boat trip! Wow the sights we saw! Here are just a handful of the magnificent places we saw…

When in Rome…

the Trevi Fountain

on a train to Venice

in Venice on a Grand Canal Boat Tour

More pictures of me in Italy on another day….

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Penguins and Welpies

I went traveling abroad with a few friends and we ran across these cool guys. Here’s me and my new Welpie friends, celebrating The Netherlands going to the Euro Cup Quarter Finals. (yes, I know, that was a little while ago).

They lost to Russia, unfortunately. You can see the commercial that we’ve seen a jillion times, with the catchy Welpie song

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How penguins really fly

All this joking and talking about how penguins can or can’t fly… can make a fella so glum. Unless of course the penguin has one of these magnificent flying machines. THIS is how penguins really fly!

Photo courtesy of Pristine Photography

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Penguins and Buffalos

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched? Ever wonder what it would be like to be a dog and do that funky butt sniffing routine?

Well, this is me and the big buffalo… I’d like to think he’s just sniffing my head feathers…

This is actually a really cool statue. It’s called the hand of Man and is found near Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake, just outside of Ogden, Utah.

The signs reads:

A symbolic representation of all the lives of humans, dependant upon and supported by the buffalo over the ages, which almost caused its extinction. The turquois hand prints over the heart and forehead symbolizes man’s intervention in saving the buffalo. Turquois green is an Egyptian and universal color associated with life and rebirth.

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Penguin spotted in Wyoming

Have you ever been to Wyoming? On my most recent road trip, I was able to whiz through the entire state in - um - I don’t know, 6 hours. Yes, it was a long drive through some pretty desolate scenery…

but the beginning was exciting. I wanted to stop and take a picture by the state sign, but the road was being re-constructed… this is my flying by

Yeeehaw!

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Penguins in Seattle

Oh of my favorite places to visit is Seattle, Washington. The camera girl has family there so any time is a good time to go visit. There are so many fabulous things to see, places to go and people to watch. It’s a fantastic city!

This time around we didn’t stay long… but we did make a stop at the space needle.

The view from the top is absolutely amazing… especially if you make it during a clear sky kind of day.

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Encouragement and my penguin pal

It’s always nice to have at least one friend that is there when you need a little extra encouragement. I met this friend in Omaha and we’ve been the best of pals ever since.

When you find you have someone in your life that will stand by you through thick and thin, hold on to them dearly!

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Me and My Penguin Pals

Today I’d like to dedicate to my friends. They come in all shapes, sizes, colors and flavors… no they’re not ice cream cones, although ice cream is a good friend to have too for sure.

Friends are those who try to understand what you need, when you need it. They’re there to help you if they can. Sometimes paths cross and sometimes they go in different directions. Even when you’re apart for a while, a friend will eventually come back around - the connection will still be there. Friends are not hurtful nor selfish. Friends are giving and kind. Yet, sometimes friends have to take care of themselves before they can take care of us.

More friend insights:

Wikipedia says “Friends is a sitcom” - haha! yes, it is.. both on TV and in every day life, thats what makes having friends so fun.

The dictionary says:
friend Audio Help (frěnd) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.
3. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.
4. One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, or movement: friends of the penguin movement.

Word History: A friend is a lover, literally. The relationship between Latin amīcus “friend” and amō “I love” is clear, as is the relationship between Greek philos “friend” and phileō “I love.” In English, though, we have to go back …. Old English word for “friend,” was simply the present participle of the verb…”
sorry I had to cut it off there, thats just too much wordy wordness for me at such an early time in the day

Me… With all this traveling I’m really glad for all the friends I meet along the way. Keep close to your circle of friends.

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