Category: Blog Posts
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Springtime in California Wine Country
So I was supposed to be going to Portugal this spring. Flights were booked, AirBnbs were reserved, activities were bookmarked. Annnnnnnnd then omicron hit with a vengeance. My adventure friend and I made the tough choice to cancel the Portugal trip, but we were supposed to be celebrating her 40th birthday, so we decided to…
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How I Plan a Trip
The first thing you should know about me is that I LOVE a good, organized itinerary. I am incredibly Type A. Nothing gives me more serotonin than checking a box or crossing something off a to-do list. I have based entire trips on my desire to go somewhere new so that I can scratch it…
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Maine Itinerary: Portland and Bar Harbor
This post is a hybrid itinerary and blog, due mostly to the fact that our trip up to Maine last fall had some …. complications early on. I’m going to include what we intended to do as well as what we actually ended up doing. This just goes to show that even the best laid…
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It’s Christmastime in the City: Specifically, Baltimore and Annapolis, Maryland
Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE Christmas. I love the colorful lights. I love the music. I love the glittery decorations. Every year I look forward to several events and experiences, and I wanted to share a few of those with you. My first must-attend event is the Eastport Yacht Club Lighted Boat…
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My Favorite Travel Reads
I have always been a big reader. When I was a kid, I would devour books voraciously and I looked forward to the Scholastic Book Fair for weeks. As an adult, books have served as massive inspiration for my adventures. For example, after reading Tony Bourdain’s “A Cook’s Tour”, I couldn’t wait to experience the…
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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…
A Slice of Kate 