Travelling to Martinque
October 08, 2008 //
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Remember that trip I won earlier this year? Round trip airfare for two and reservations an all-inclusive resort on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Well I finally went, and I brought my Dad along.
It's not every day you win a trip, so at first I was a bit skeptical. In fact, I remained skeptical up until I received the plane tickets and hotel reservations in the mail. But it turned out to be legit, and now I'm sitting on a deck surrounded by palm trees, sun-burnt from head to toe.
The trip from Hartford to Martinique was a long one. Out flight left the airport at 730 in the morning and landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We had about 7 hours to kill before our transfer left the airport so we decided to take a taxi into old San Juan, where we checked out a few shops and the Fort San Felipe del Morro, walked around, and visited some shops.
Then it was back to the airport where we boarded our rickety two-propeller flight bound for Martinique. I'll post more later as I'm tight on time at the moment, but for now here's a few pics from San Juan.
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With a little help from my friends
March 07, 2008 //
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Thanks to everyone who voted for my story in the Color Me Martinique contest! I'm really impressed with all of the help I received. Everyone really pulled through on this one and helped me gather an incredible amount of votes. Still no official word on who the winners are yet but at this point it's looking pretty good. The big announcement comes Monday. Good luck to all of you. Remember... you might have a vacation coming your way!
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Win a trip to the French island of Martinique!
February 02, 2008 //
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I have a very simple request for everyone who reads this. I'd like for you go and enter a contest to win a trip to the French island of Martinique. All you need to do is vote for my story "Getting Lost on the Appalachian Trail", and you could find yourself spending 7 days relaxing on Caribbean island. Pretty easy right?
I ask this of you because if I'm the blogger who receives the most votes, I'll be winning a trip of my own to the island. I was asked to participate in this contest along with 24 other bloggers by the French Government Tourist Office. I had never thought about going to Martinique before, but after doing some research it actually looks like an interesting place to visit. There's a volcano on the island as well as some mountains that offer spectacular views for hikers. It seems like it would be a great place to do some kayaking as well.
So please go ahead and vote, and ask your friends to do the same. But make sure they vote for my story! I'll greatly appreciate it. You can win, I can win, and we'll all be happy.
One way you could really help me out is by posting a bulletin on MySpace or Facebook that asks your friends to go vote as well! To post on Facebook, simply click this link. Or if you have a blog, maybe mention it there? I mean who wouldn't want to win a trip?
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Just a bit too soon
January 29, 2008 //
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It turns out that the Color Me Martinique contest that I recently mentioned hasn't been officially launched yet. So unfortunately the 127 votes that I've already received will not count. If your one of those who have already voted - thank you. I'll announce when the contest is officially up and running so everyone can go back and try it again. That's really an impressive number of votes! Thanks again!
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Vote to send me to Martinique!
January 21, 2008 //
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I need your help! The French Government Tourist Office has included a story of mine in a contest they're running, and I'd like to have your vote. There's only 19 people being included in this contest and the person who has the most votes by March 1st will win a trip to Martinique! My story is called "Getting Lost on the Appalachian Trail" and you can find it here. Simply vote with a valid email address and you're done!
If my gratitude isn't enough here's one more incentive for you to help. By simply voting you will be automatically entered to win a 7 night stay for two at the luxury Sofitel Bakoua in Martinique! So go do it! Just click HERE.
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Paul McCartney's Secret Gig at the Highline Ballroom
June 14, 2007 //
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I'm back from the Paul McCartney concert! Time for the recap:
Let me go back a few weeks to explain this. About a month ago I found out that Paul McCartney would be doing some type of live performance in NYC to promote his new album Memory Almost Full. Any large-scale world tour would be postponed to next year due to "personal issues" (his divorce from Heather Mills). So being a huge Beatles/Paul McCartney fan, I did some intense research until I found out the details of what would be going down.
I found out that the show was going to be a small-scale "secret" show about two weeks ago and that I'd have to win tickets through a radio station contest in order to go. Only a few hundred contest winners and invited guests would be given tickets. So after looking through the websites of nearly every FM radio station from the country's major cities, I finally found a contest where you could enter a raffle to win tickets by correctly answering 20 questions about Paul. I didn't win. But my friend Steph did, and she offered to take me. Amazingly, my friend Bret won as well and offered to take my brother Justin. So now we had 3 people from CT's smallest town attending a concert that thousands of people from around the world were trying to go to, and I was one of them.
More below the cut.
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My plans for the evening: Attend a secret Paul McCartney Concert
June 13, 2007 //
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Tonight I'll get the incredible opportunity to see Paul McCartney in concert from just a few feet away. Along with my friends Steph, Bret, and my brother Justin, I'll be among just 300 contest winners and invited guests who will watch McCartney play Beatles classics as well as some of the best songs of his new album Memory Almost Full. The show takes place at 8:30 pm tonight at the Highline Ballroom on 16th St. in NYC. It's extremely rare for a guy who usually performs in front of 50,000 people to do a show in a venue this small. What makes tonight even more interesting is that his album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 this morning with his highest weekly sales since 1982. I'll post a recap after the show.
Thanks for MaccaReport.com for the heads up on the secret gig!
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