Archive for the ‘Sports & Games’ Category

Best Golf Courses for Women: Naples, Florida

When it comes to playing golf, the Lost Girls are total pros! Of course, that’s only the case when we’re teeing up on our boyfriend’s Nintendo Wii. Otherwise, well, we’d need a little bit lot of practice before you’d want us anywhere near a bag of clubs. Good thing we...

January 3rd, 2012 | Featured, Florida, Sports & Games | Read More

Three Valleys Ski Getaways

There are so many reasons to take to the slopes: the fantastic skiing, the après-ski atmosphere and most of all the good times shared with friends. As the winter season gets going, the lure of the slopes gets stronger and resorts offering Three Valleys ski holidays get ready for the onslaught of snow...

October 22nd, 2011 | Featured Getaway, France, Sports & Games | Read More

Boston Bound: A Guide for Exploring Beantown

By Michele Herrmann LG Section Editor Lately Boston is getting more screen time (as seen in The Town, The Departed, and Fever Pitch) but the city maintains a diverse blend of attractions. This New England destination offers plenty: art and science museums, public park settings, institutes of higher learning,...

March 28th, 2011 | City Travel, Destinations, Getting There, Ideas, Massachusetts, Sports & Games, United States | Read More

Skiing Safety: 6 Tips for a Safe Vacation on the Slopes

I have been skiing for the past 15 years and luckily I’ve never been seriously injured. I am not an expert skier but I’ve had my fair share of interesting experiences. While a lot of mine come off as rather humorous, there is nothing funny about the commonality of serious ski accidents. So,...

January 13th, 2011 | Featured, Fitness & Workouts, Sports & Games | Read More

Top 5 Destinations for Girlfriends Getaways

By Amanda Pressner LG Executive Editor Finally! You and your best buds have a few extra days of vacation time saved up – no weddings or baby showers to attend, and a few extra bucks in the bank. You’re all dying to take the ultimate girls’ trip, but the big question is: where in the world should...

December 1st, 2010 | City Travel, Finances & Savings, Group Travel, Spa & Beauty, Sports & Games, Travel Products & Services | Read More

The Married Guy’s Guide to: Las Vegas

By Dean Arrindell Special to Lost Girls World *** The moment you land in Las Vegas, it’s easy to see why it’s called Sin City: slot machines are in the airport and scantily-clad party-people are living it up in nearly every ad. The city tourism department even embraced “What happens...

August 10th, 2010 | Dispatches from the Road, Featured, Lost Boys, Nevada, Sports & Games | Read More

Competing in the Belize Triathlon: Not Such a Breeze

Lost Girl, Cassidy Jackson-Carroll, shares her experience running her first triathlon while in Belize. ***** Having arrived in Belize to teach Physical Education for a year, the first question many people asked me was if I was going to compete in the Belize Lionman Triathlon in five weeks time! Sports...

April 30th, 2010 | Belize, Fitness & Workouts, Sports & Games | Read More

Lost in Belize I: Diving the Blue Hole

I’d always wanted to see Belize after hearing Jen and Amanda’s tales of petting nurse sharks and doing wall dives when they visited before our round-the-world trip. So I made my way to the small country (roughly the size of New Hampshire) and the only English-speaking nation in Central America...

February 26th, 2010 | Adventure Travel, Belize, Central and South America, Lost Girls, Sports & Games, Tours & Attractions, Wildlife & Animals | Read More

Cruise for a Cure

By Holly C. Corbett LG Executive Editor I’ve volunteered abroad, but I’ve never purely vacationed for a cause before going on Cruise for a Cure to the Bahamas this month. Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim teamed up with Coaches vs. Cancer, so a portion of the proceeds from...

August 20th, 2009 | Adventure Travel, Bahamas, Cruise, Dispatches from the Road, Extras, Hotels & Resorts, Sports & Games, Tours & Attractions, United States, Volunteering & Giving Back | Read More

Couch Surfing Around the Globe

In August 2008, fresh out of school, Lost Girl Heather Stein took a four-month contract working as everyone’s favorite service professional: an international debt collector. As the economy started to tank, she realized that getting a job in a different field was going to be next to impossible. Not...