Blogger’s Block
July 27th, 2006 @ 10:38 am by Mrs. Bee
Mr. Bee and I are still in LA at my parents’ un-airconditioned house (their ac is broken and every air conditioner/fan in southern california is sold out due to an insane heat wave). I was experiencing extreme blogger’s block yesterday because I’m away from my usual desk, and I’m finding it hard to get into extreme blogging mode (plus it’s hot, hot, hot). So I went to Barnes & Noble yesterday and picked up some travel magazines for inspiration, because I thought we’d increase our coverage of honeymoon and destination wedding locales.
When my brother came over for dinner later that evening, he perused through one of my magazines and saw a bridge in Firenze, Italy he and his wife visited last year. That’s when we began tossing around the idea of brotherbee - weddingbee’s special honeymoon correspondent.
My brother and his wife love to travel - some of you may remember his three part series on Bora Bora. Together they’ve been to Korea, Canada, Italy, France, UK, Thailand, Guam and more in the past two years. Brotherbee loves to frequent travel sites like tripadvisor where he reviews places he’s been, so he was excited about the idea of being a travel correspondent for weddingbee. Honeymoon arrangements are also one detail we often leave up to the hubbies, so I thought it might be interesting to have a male perspective. Mr. Bee even showed him his overall-clad character, and my brother requested a cool bee character - one with sunglasses. 
Why did they travel so much? My brother’s wife is Korean, and was denied a tourist visa to the United States when they were dating. So the pair travelled to some of the world’s most romantic destinations just to be able to see each other. Of course now they’re happily married and living in Southern California, but they still love to travel. Most recently they took a trip up the central coast of California and to the Grand Canyon.
What do you think about beefing up our honeymoon coverage? What destinations are you most interested in?
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21 Responses to “Blogger’s Block”
That is so cute that they traveled around the world to spend time together! What a great love story. =o)
As for the weddingbee honeymoon coverage, I’d be somewhat interested and would definitely skim over it (so far, all the honeymoon entries have been way too detailed for me). But my top resources for traveling will always be tripadvisor, lonely planet, frommers, travel & leisure, other magazines, etc.
I think that’s fantastic! Jeff is handling all our honeymoon planning and I was just telling him last night that it’s a shame there’s no Weddingbee for honeymoons! He rolled his eyes, but whatever…I know he’d use it. 
lol
maldives, seychelles and african safaris!!!
i’d be interested.. =) i love to travel!
fry’s has a lot of a/c units
i could really use this feature now! we’re planning on going to maldives & singapore. any recs?!
OMG! Fiance and I are planning (wanting/hoping!) to go to Bora Bora for our honeymoon and after reading Brotherbee’s entries on Bora Bora again (for the umpteenth time) it REALLY makes me want to go. It’s so beautiful.
I think so many of us will find his entries really helpful since he’s been to so many beautiful places. Yeay for Brotherbee!
how about france, italy and tunis, africa. those are all places we are going on our honeymoon in september. power to brotherbee!!!!
haa haaa. yeah, I’m in the Bay Area and last wkend we stopped by Fry’s for AC it was all sold out too. Someone joked around (or maybe not) and said that you can’t find any AC in the 40 mile radius. Booooo!
I love the idea of Brotherbee! No particular preference on the destinations. Any place in the world is good! I envy that he and his wife get to travel so much! Well, I’d love to hear back feedback on all the places they’ve been to!
Great idea!! I love reading about travel. I don’t have any specific location requests, but if it would be great if he could pass along tips about affordable traveling!
that’s a great idea. i love, love to travel and his posts would help alot! i haven’t been to europe yet (i’m definitely leaning towards france and italy for honeymoon) so his input on these places would be really informative!
I’d love to hear about budget-friendly but romantic honeymoon destinations!
I think that’s a great idea. In talking to my sister (the bride, I’m the MOH), she was thinking to stray from the conventional honeymoons, such as lying on a beach of some tropical island. More along the lines of sand surfing in Peru or exploring the Amazon. So I would say adventurous destinations.
angie…check out hilton maldives and the one&only resorts in the maldives–kanuhura and reethi rah. amazing!!!
We’re interested in the Caribbean and West Indies … there are so many lesser-known islands and great places to go to get off the beaten path. Would be great to see some coverage that talks about the differences btw the islands and areas, as well as some well-kept secret locations!
(BTW, Miss Daisy’s post a few days back on this topic was my favorite post so far! So informative! So helpful! And now I want to visit them all!!)
Millie, check out..
http://www.moonrings.com/journey19.asp
http://www.moonrings.com/journey27.asp
for your sister. It’s an example of what that honeymoon agency can plan for newlyweds.
dubai!
Awesome! Hawaii!
BrotherBee sounds like a great idea. Looking forward to reading entries on places from all over the world!
Thanks J! I’m checking out those 2 links now.
Mrs. Bee, New York
Age and Occupation: 29, Weddingbee Publisher
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Internet
Engagement Date: May 7, 2004
Wedding Date: March 5, 2005
Venue: Westside Loft, New York
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I would love that! Not only would it help people who are looking at ideas for their honeymoons, but it would also help people who are looking for ideas for vacations in general. I think you should do it.