Category: Blog Posts
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Seneca Lake, New York: The Perfect Girls Getaway
So Katie (whom you met in my second Denver post) lives about 6 hours away from me in New York state. As I mentioned in that post, we try to plan a girls trip long weekend each year as a chance for us to spend some time together, eat some good food, and get a […]
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Rocky Mountain High, Part Two: Red Rocks, Crafts, and Best Friend Photoshoots
For the second half of my Colorado adventure, my bestie, Katie, flew out to join me. Katie and I have been friends for more than a decade. We first met during a semester abroad in college in Athens, Greece. I would love to say it was friendship at first sight, but, alas, it was not. […]
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Holiday Gift Guide for Travel Lovers
Y’all. I love Christmas. I’ve been accumulating gifts for people for months now because gifting is kind of my thing. I take a lot of pride in finding the right gift for the right person. So, I figured I would put together a little gift guide to help you find something for the traveler (or […]
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Rocky Mountain High, Part One: Solo Adventure
Denver is a city that I have wanted to visit for years now. Nothing like a light at the end of a pandemic to inspire me to finally bite the bullet! I had a bunch of travel credits to use from canceled 2020 trips, and direct flights from BWI to Denver were cheap. So, in […]
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What the Duck? The 50th Annual Waterfowl Festival
Growing up on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the second weekend in November was always considered a holiday. For that one weekend, our normally quiet little town would suddenly be inundated by tourists, schools would close down, and all the downtown streets would be blocked off (my mother remains constantly furious about the impact the street closures […]
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Jackson Hole: The New Bachelorette Party Hot Spot??
Bachelorette parties in Nashville are SO 2019. No hate to Nashville; it’s an incredible city, and I highly recommend that you go there and create havoc on a pedal tavern tour. BUT, there’s another town in the wild, wild west that gives music city a run for its money as a unique bachelorette party destination: […]
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Tropical Treehouses, Private Beaches, and Star Wars Erotica
24 Hours on the Isle of Vieques, Puerto Rico I don’t know that I’ve ever noticed quite how loud nature is. Laying in the pitch darkness of my treehouse abode on the isle of Vieques, Puerto Rico, I can hear a cacophony of squeaks, trills, and whistles slicing through the night. It’s boisterous for sure, […]
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Learning to Travel… and Traveling to Learn
Traveling is my favorite way to learn. The experience of traveling is so much more than just going on a vacation. You’re learning about your destination. You’re learning how people in different places and cultures interact. You’re also learning quite a lot about yourself. I will never forget my first trip out of the country. […]
A Slice of Kate 