Inspired by my love of travel and my current quest to find travel-themed cupcakes in every city that The Passport Party Project visits, I thought it would be fun to create a photo gallery of some super creative travel-themed sweets.

Free flights and accommodations are great, but everyone knows that writers (no matter the genre) don’t get paid very much unless they are in the top .999999 percent – of which I am not.

We all travel and with these new TSA limits (and our need to carry everything onboard), a carry-on that fits everything while looking haute is nearly impossible....until now!

In honor of the Brown Girls who travel and then write about it, I'd like to dedicate this post to them (keeping in mind that my definition of Brown is about cultural diversity, identity and pride and not merely skin color). And in honor of the first travel panel that has ever been held at Blogalicious Weekend -- American Airlines BlackAtlas.com presents Go Global! Taking Your Blog Around the World -- I am also dedicating this post to the Brown Girl Travelistas on this panel: Johnica Reed, Julia Coney, Kiratiana Freelon and yours truly. (Am I allowed to dedicate something to myself? *Insert sheepish grin here*) So here's the deal.

I have always been extremely aware that there aren't very many people of color that travel. In my personal bubble of friends and colleagues, that might not be so true but my bubble only represents a miniscule part of the population. So I'm guessing that it might not surprise you to learn that I count Brown people when I'm at the airport. (And I bet some of you do too.) Not for any particular reason, mind you. Just because.