Magenta Otter Travels

08/23/2024

I left Facebook a few years ago, but I could not resist sharing this video link on my page. I compiled my favourite pictures of my favorite people from the first 60 years of my life. As I celebrate my big birthday next week, I just wanted to remember, honour and thank everyone who has been a part of my life journey up to now!

A lot of dear friends from over the years are included in this video... but please don't be upset if your photo isn't in it. I had to edit the video whilst travelling in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany... without access to a lot of my old photos back in Texas!
Love you all!

I turn 60 in a few days and decided I would create a little life history recap for posterity, and include photos from the first six decades of my life. And ...

04/05/2022

After many months of contemplating, I made the decision this past weekend to step back from some social media platforms – specifically Facebook and Instagram. Effective May 1, 2022 I won’t be posting updates on Facebook or Instagram or scrolling through and liking/commenting on posts on these platforms each day. I don’t have just one reason for this decision, but many reasons for this.

Because YouTube is my “job”… this is a particularly difficult decision for me. However, I have chosen to sharpen my focus on how I spend my time. I will continue my YouTube channel, posting videos each Friday about “all kinds of British stuff” and chatting with those who watch my videos and make comments. I will also post on my YouTube community page the same travel updates that I used to post on Facebook and Instagram.

I love all my friends and hope to not lose contact with everyone as I step away from FB and IG. If you ever want to talk, or if I can ever be of help to you, please feel free to reach out to me! Here’s how you can reach me:

TEXT OR CALL ME: I have had the same mobile phone number for more than 15 years. You can still reach me there.

EMAIL ME: If you need my current email address, please text me or send me a message via FB or IG. I will be checking my DM’s on these platforms through the end of April before I delete the apps from my phone.

FOLLOW ME: If you are interested in Britain, or our travel vlogs, feel free to join the Magenta Otter Tribe! Here is my channel link. If you subscribe here, you can see my videos and get updates when I post about my channel/life/travels each week: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3_fjz-2TNVc3-CSiMT8GLg

I will not delete my FB and IG accounts, because there are too many precious photos saved on them.

I appreciate the many wonderful people I have met across different platforms and hope to keep in touch via other methods of communication!

Thanks for understanding. Love you! Thanks for reading this message and “do something good in the world today”. ❤️

04/01/2022

I’ve spent 30 years developing strong opinions about the difference between British and American bathrooms. And I’ve spent two years compiling photos and video clips to illustrate these 21 differences. Here is the lighthearted summary of my findings.
Happy 1st of April!

I’m not exaggerating when I say that I have been writing the script for this video, and collecting photos and video clips for it, for TWO FULL YEARS. Bathro...

04/01/2022

I LOVE having separate taps for hot and cold water! Watch today's video to find out why! https://youtu.be/s35XDf6a1FA

03/31/2022

After a beautiful series of videos touring the Cotswolds, my channel is now going down the toilet. Join me for a LIVE PREMIERE on Friday at 10am US Central, 4pm UK and 5pm Europe to discuss this unsavoury and controversial topic. I'm taking off work to join the premiere and talk to my community ... so please don't miss it! Cheers! XX Dara

03/30/2022

Join me Friday for my POTTY TALK Premiere. 10am central time in US / 4pm in UK / 5pm in Europe.

03/29/2022

Man, dragonfruit is crazy! We just ate it at lunch today, and I don’t remember having had it before. 🐉 🍉

03/28/2022

I've spent about 30 years of my life marketing food products. And many of those years were focused on snack foods like chips and dips. My husband brought home this bag of quinoa chips today that are pictured in the photo. I looked at the photo of the chips on the front of the bag, and then I read the trademarked phrase below it, and the callout in magenta below that. Now I must vent. You don't use the word 'BREAKING' when selling chips. Consumers hate it when their chips break. And they REALLY hate it when they are trying to dip chips into dip and they break! I give this packaging a thumbs down. Rant over. Thank you for your time. Cheers! Dara

03/26/2022