After a few days in Corolla, NC, the family packed up and headed to a new beach town. While it’s not ideal to move mid-vacation, my parents wanted to experience different beach spots as part of their retirement home search. So off we went! Week […]
Family Vacation: Corolla, North Carolina
Over the last few years, my family started taking vacations down to the beaches of North Carolina. Apparently when you live in the cold and land-locked state of Wisconsin, you get the urge to travel south and get some Vitamin D! Luckily for me, we’re always invited to tag […]
Memorial Day Staycation in Washington, DC
For the past few Memorial Day weekends, a small group of my friends gathered in Folly Beach, South Carolina to reunite and celebrate a “grown up spring break” of sorts. Sadly, due to busy personal travel schedules, budgets, and timing, Grown Up Spring Break 2015 in […]
Watercolorist In Training
This spring I am putting my inner artist to the test. Once a week I head to The Art League in Alexandria, Virginia (part of the Torpedo Factory Art Center) for a few hours of watercolor painting lessons with my artsy, fartsy, partner-in-crime, Ashley. Last […]
Pink Cherry Blossoms Welcome Spring to DC
We left a cold and bare Washington, DC behind for our Florida beach trip over the weekend. And what do you know, we come home to a spring wonderland. It was like DC had thawed while we were away! Of course my allergies are killing […]
Here we come, Iceland, Sweden & Denmark
One day during my typical travel blog reading, I stumbled upon the flight deal of all flight deals. Washington, DC to Reykjavik. Yes, the airline was a not-so-luxurious budget liner and the deals were eligible for the fall – over 10 months away. But flights were $99 […]
Moving Makes Life a Hot Mess
The past two weeks have been nothing but moving boxes. To the ceiling, to be precise. Stacked. Blocking me from my kitchen and closet. For a month, all I did was work, then come home and pack and pack and pack. It was exhausting! Slowly […]
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