The Epic Prologue

Bonjour! Hola! Welcome! Or as we say in Newfoundland, whatta ya at?

Finally, finally…Candice Does the World is live. Those who come here seeking images of me mounting a globe (as suggested by my friend Rob) will be sorely disappointed to find only a slight touch of perversion.

Open your mind and enter the world of Candice, where the booze doth flow freely and the strange and ridiculous are daily occurrences. For example, earlier today I discovered that I have been watering the office’s fake plant for two weeks, much to the pleasure of my coworkers.

For more information on what this site is all about, check out the About page.

Chances are, a lot of this will be trial and error. I’ve never maintained a REAL blog before, goodness! When I asked my friend Shaun to design a site for me, I said I wanted it “clean and colourful.” Somehow he’s managed to capture my personality perfectly. I feel like I’m working from inside a giant creamsicle, all melted and delicious and kinda random.

To be honest, I find a lot of travel sites stale. Too serious. Lacking character. It’s not that the writing isn’t great, but I really need that human element to connect to a place. I’m going to try and create this human element, building momentum as I go. From time to time I’ll do the reviews, destination features, and general commentary, but mostly I have stories to tell. They are delicious.

Finally, a big thank-you goes out to all my loyal followers for being rad. Also, I know I’ve left out a few stragglers from my link list, so if you’d like to be included, leave a comment.

Let the show begin!

Lotsa love, Internet
P.S. The last two posts serve as placeholders. Feel free to read anyway.

  • December 01 2009

    YAYYYYYY I’m so happy for your launch! Now I have more places to stalk you!!! Congrats! The site looks great!

  • December 01 2009

    How exciting! Love the look of the site, can’t wait to keep reading…

    • December 02 2009

      Thanks Stephanie, glad to have you following. :)

  • December 01 2009

    Yea!! Love the header image and I look forward to your stories – I have no doubt whatsoever that yours are going to be a lot more entertaining than some of the ones on mine ;-) It’ll be fun! :-)

    • December 02 2009

      Hahahaha, thank you, I hope I don’t disappoint!

  • December 01 2009

    sweet. this design looks dope. fired up for you candice.

    [WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The poster sent us ‘0 which is not a hashcash value.

    • December 02 2009

      Gracias David, I love the support!

  • December 01 2009

    As the Aussies, say, sweet as. Looking forward to the delicious stories.

    • December 02 2009

      Thanks Carlo, sweet as indeed. :)

  • December 01 2009

    I love it! Way to go Candice!

    Side note: You forgot to add Andy and Adam to the Matador team list, but I’m sure they’ll forgive you. :)

    • December 02 2009

      Thank you! I added Andy, for some reason Adam’s link doesn’t seem to be working… hmm

  • December 01 2009

    Clean and colorful and creamsicly!

  • December 01 2009

    *LOVE* the set up! I was so close to being all “you didn’t add me to your blogroll, maybe because you haven’t added me to your google reader still???” AND THEN I found my name on the Matador team – PSYCHED :) I also love that my first name makes me first on the list, and also on many people’s address books causing random cell phone calls when buttons get pushed accidentally… but I digress…

    • December 02 2009

      Hehehe, doesn’t it just make you giddy? Damn those alphabetical blogrolls, I’m always last or stuck in the middle.

  • December 01 2009

    Bravo, Candice! Bring it! Can’t wait to see more.

    • December 02 2009

      Awesome to see you here, Sarah! Thanks!

  • December 01 2009

    Fabulous.

  • December 02 2009

    Congrats on your official site. Can’t wait to read more of your adventures.

    • December 02 2009

      Thanks Alouise, glad you’re here.

  • December 02 2009

    Write away Candice!

  • December 02 2009

    Site looks good but I’m disapointed with the lack of globe-mountage ;-)

    If you need any help in customising the loock, give me a shout :-)

    • December 02 2009

      Thanks kindly Rob, and I’ll be sure to find a globe to mount somewhere. Perhaps at the GeoCentre…

  • December 02 2009

    Hey Candace! Found my way to your site through one of Nomadic Matt’s tweets. Looking forward to keeping abreast of your posts. We’ve added your to our blogroll. My wife (Kathryn) and I took our honeymoon in Newfoundland last year from George St to Gros Morne, we really, really enjoyed our time there. Can’t wait to get back!

    • December 02 2009

      Thanks so much for stopping by, Daniel! I’m so glad you enjoyed your time here, I love this province. Would you believe I haven’t been to Gros Morne yet?

  • December 02 2009
    meg

    woohoo!! how exciting!! the site looks amazing, and I can’t wait to read about all your adventures!!

  • December 02 2009

    This is awesome Candice!
    Oh dear… *looks at the already overwhelming RSS feeds*.. another blog in the list!

    Good luck! Looking for more posts to read!

    Cheers!

    • December 02 2009

      Oh man Daniel, I know exactly what you mean…my reader is overwhelming. But thank you! I promise I won’t update daily. ;)

  • December 02 2009

    Congrats on the new blog!

  • December 02 2009

    Ohmygosh Candice-

    The site looks AMAZING. Clean, colorful, beautiful. I’m so stoked for you! Way to be.

  • December 02 2009

    What an amazing header, Candice! Looks awesome and I can’t wait to keep reading and following your adventures near and far.

    • December 02 2009

      Merci! I love it. I’ve added you to my blogroll AND my reader. :)

  • December 02 2009

    Love the loook of this site! Is your friend available for hire??

    Congrats on finally starting the blog you’ve always wanted! I am adding you to my reader now :)

    • December 02 2009

      Awesome, thank you! And if you’re interested, his email address is at the bottom of the page!

  • December 02 2009

    Oooh, very nice!! I love the header. Does your friend want to redo my website? :) Can’t wait to read all of your rather hilarious remarks and stories. Lovely job!

    • December 02 2009

      Thank you! If you’re actually interested, his email is at the bottom of this site. He’s fabulous.

  • December 02 2009

    Love the new site. The header image is amazing. I look forward to following along with all your adventures here.

    • December 02 2009

      Thanks kindly, Eric! Enjoying your adventures as well.

  • December 02 2009

    Awesome Candice! This site is sooo you: bold, colorful and entertaining! What an amazing way to close out the year. Can’t wait to start reading! :)

    • December 04 2009

      Thanks Cathey! It’s been one hell of a year for sure.

  • December 02 2009

    Woah, looks like i’m rock n roll late to this show. 45 comments already! Go Candice! Love the new site, it’s all sortsa perrtty! Thank you kindly for the links, i just hopped back to my site to do some favour repaying, so ur sites should be in my links section now. Congratso!

    Be readin ja!

    • December 03 2009

      Thanks for returning the favour! Greatly appreciated. And to be fair, half of those comments are mine…felt the need to thank everyone personally. :) BUT still more hits than ever, yay!

  • December 02 2009

    Want more! And I don’t think being a globerider is all it’s cracked up to be. I imagine it hard to stay astride. Or is that just me?

    • December 03 2009

      Oh god, there are SO many things I want to say right now. Must. Restrain. Self.

  • December 03 2009

    Hey Candice! Awesome new site! Happy Travels! I’ll keep checking in!

  • December 03 2009

    Hey Candice! Great job on the new site/blog – loving the simple and color layout. Please feel free to add us to your blogroll. If you are willing to do any guest blog posts regarding “best worst travel stories”, just let me know. I know that based on your online personality and being a fellow red head – that you must have some great stories. Once again, congrats on going live!

    • December 03 2009

      Done! Thanks for the feedback, fellow ginger. I’d love to do a guest post sometime, just say when!

  • December 04 2009

    Love the site! AND you’ve hooked us already.

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