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The name is Green, Denise Green. I have always been obsessed with Rachel Green from the show Friends, so I went and found a guy whose last name was Green, I married him, and voila! I make shit happen. After accomplishing that, I needed a new goal and I figured I would start a blog. In all seriousness, I have been wanting to document my trips for the longest time, but I kept on postponing it. Was it laziness? Maybe. Fear? Abso-effing-lutely, scared shitless. My best friend wouldn’t stop nagging about it, and she constantly pushed me to do it. Let me tell you, nagging works! I think the main reason why I wanted to do this is because I really like writing, but I don’t see the point in writing in a journal that, let’s be honest, I will never read. I wrote in a journal for one whole year and listed reasons why I love my husband, 365 pages full of love and a total waste of my f*@king time. God knows that man has not read a single page yet. (It’s been 8 years). But if my friend thinks I write well, maybe there’s something there. What if I am the next J.K. Rowling of travel bloggers? I must share my insight with the world. This is the part where you give me a standing ovation and chant my name. Evidently, I think I am as hilarious as Melissa McCarthy. But seriously, keep reading, it will get funnier as we go. 

I was born and raised in Puerto Rico, hence the island girl status and the R-rated language. I grew up going to the beach, I stand corrected, going to some of the most gorgeous beaches. BEACH SNOB ALERT. I have a long list of places I want to see, and 90% of my travel involves a beach at some point. The other 10% is divided equally between alcohol availability and sightseeing. I am currently living in Arizona and in order to keep my damn sanity and my marriage, I need my beach fix and a whole lot of margaritas. It all started after I graduated college, I got my first job and even though I was living paycheck to paycheck, I still managed to get some trips here and there, although they were mainly focused in the Caribbean. I also started exploring the United States of ‘merica, annnnnnndddd cue the little heart shaped eyes, I needed to move to the States pronto. The neatest thing I did was travel all over California for my birthday. Man, that was a lot of wine. How I even have a liver at this point, is beyond me. It was all downhill after that (for my bank account, but uphill for living my life to the mother*cking fullest).

“If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I wake up as a different person?” Fight Club

What you need to know is that I have a full-time job and there is no way I would ever quit because shit, it pays for my trips and then some. However, my job does interfere with my travel and I decided to start this blog as a hobby, as an escape to get me through those periods of time without a trip, because I get limited paid vacation days per year. This is also an attempt to share my experiences and, possibly, help people like me who can’t get enough of traveling but who also love the security of a stable job.  I want to share the good, the disgusting, the boring and the scary part of getting out of your comfort zone. Like for example, landing in Dubai wearing shorts and a tank top because it is 248 degrees outside, but people are ready to stone you to death in the streets because that is not what a God-fearing lady should wear. “Shame, shame, shame.” Here’s the thing though, I cuss, I drink copious amounts of alcohol, I am a little politically incorrect and I love quoting movies. “Why you going to the airport? Flying somewhere?” (Dumb and dumber). I can have a whole conversation using just movie quotes, it’s on the verge of being excessive. This is not your normal super-serious blog, I tend to be sarcastic and a little dark; but so what, right? There must be more people out there that are just like me. Right? RIGHT? *sips wine, cries a little*. I promise you a good laugh, great tips on how to maximize your time and sometimes some good advice on how to play the credit card game to get miles and points and stick it to the man. Those credit card companies think they can charge me 15% interest and they got another thing coming. “I don’t spend a nickel, if I can help it, unless it somehow profits my mileage account”. (Up in the air)

Now you know, you have an idea on what to expect. Let’s have some fun with it, there is too much going on in the world for us to take ourselves too seriously. So stick with me, because “Hey, I don’t have all the answers, in life, to be honest, I failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my husband. I love my life. And I wish you my kind of success”. (Jerry Maguire)