I'm a book-loving, travel-blogging, French-speaking Gryffindor who is unapologetically obsessed with her cats. Other labels that might also apply: Elearning developer. Nashvillian. Last sleeper. Zumba freak. Nerdfighter. Football widow. Cheap wine snob. Netflix addict.
Author: Ashley
The Catbird Seat: A Nashville Culinary Adventure
My husband has been talking about going to the Catbird Seat for years. A tiny, 22-seat U-shaped counter where patrons watch the chefs at work, and enjoy a chef’s choice tasting menu did not sound like something I would enjoy. …
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Our Babymoon: the Space Coast & a non-Disney Disney Vacation
It’s been a minute since I’ve posted here, and I do keep meaning to post about the awesome trip to London I took with my dad several months ago, or the week we spent in Lake Tahoe, or even the …
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Reading Wrap Up 2018
“Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective.”― Laurie Helgoe Reading transports us. Last year, I strived to read books that took me away …
My Love for Postcards
The stack of postcards has been growing for close to 15 years. I’ve managed to keep them all in a box in one of the plastic drawer sets that have followed me around since college. When we bought our first …
Every Single Establishment We Visited During Our Three Week Road Trip
I like to document things, so Justin helped make a list of every single bar or restaurant where we ate or drank during the period between May 25 – June 15. Have YOU been to any of these places? …
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Road Trip Debriefing: Stats, Observations, and Random Thoughts
Justin and I recently completed a 23-day road trip around the northeast United States and Canada. (Check out the previous posts: Update 1 • Update 2 • Update 3 • Update 4) It was so much fun, an adventure unlike …
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Northeast Road Trip Update 4: Canadian Edition
Oh, Canada! The last third of our trip was doing the greatest hits of eastern Canada: Montreal, Toronto, Niagara Falls. I wish we’d had time to do Quebec City but that was a bit out of the way for this …
