Chicago may be my new favorite city to visit. It’s a cheap, short flight to two different airports or an easy 7-8…
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Chicago
Momcation to Chicago: A Solo Trip for Mama to Chill the F Out
by Ashleyby Ashley 10 minutes readFor the first time in 511 days, I went to an airport, boarded a plane, and flew to another city. I can’t…
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After a year of not being able to GO anywhere or DO much outside of the house, we were all itching to…
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ReviewsUSA
A Weekend at the Marriott Shoals Hotel and Spa in Florence, AL
by Ashleyby Ashley 5 minutes readWe have become quite the fan of the long weekend. Instead of using all of your PTO on one or two long…
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Thanks to the pandemic, we’ve been spending quite a bit of time outside these days; anything to get us out of the…
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Amazing Bookstores Around the World
by Ashleyby Ashley 4 minutes readFrom 1999-2003, I attended the International Baccalaureate program at St. Petersburg High (Go Green Devils!) so for four years, I had a…
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New Yorkto Inspire
Patience and Fortitude: What I Learned About My Grandmother’s Catchphrase
by Ashleyby Ashley 5 minutes readMy paternal grandmother, who insisted we always call her Grandmother, died when I was 17, so I never got a chance to…
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It’s taken me a long time to get this blog done, so I apologize for the delay. Buenos Aires was my favorite…
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For some odd reason, we only had a few hours in the Uruguayan port city of Montevideo, the second to last stop…
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A highlight of our South American cruise was seeing penguins in their natural habitat in the Falkland Islands. I can’t say that,…
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South America
Going to the End of the World: Ushuaia Photo journal
by Ashleyby Ashley 5 minutes readAfter a week on the cruise ship, I was ready to get off the boat. Why hadn’t we gotten off sooner, you…
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The first stop on our grand South American adventure is Santiago! Home to nearly 7 million people, Santiago is one of the…
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Our three-week South American adventure started off with a long, tiring, and at times hectic travel day. We had already flown with…
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This weekend was one of the rare ones where we didn’t have any plans. We woke up Saturday morning with nothing on…
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NashvilleReviews
The Catbird Seat: A Nashville Culinary Adventure
by Ashleyby Ashley 12 minutes readMy husband has been talking about going to the Catbird Seat for years. A tiny, 22-seat U-shaped counter where patrons watch the…
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FloridaTraveling with Kids
Our Babymoon: the Space Coast & a non-Disney Disney Vacation
by Ashleyby Ashley 16 minutes readIt’s been a minute since I’ve posted here, and I do keep meaning to post about the awesome trip to London I…
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from the RoadUSA
Every Single Establishment We Visited During Our Three Week Road Trip
by Ashleyby Ashley 20 minutes readI like to document things, so Justin helped make a list of every single bar or restaurant where we ate or drank…
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from the RoadRemote LifeThe JourneyUSA
Road Trip Debriefing: Stats, Observations, and Random Thoughts
by Ashleyby Ashley 12 minutes readJustin and I recently completed a 23-day road trip around the northeast United States and Canada. (Check out the previous posts: Update…
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Northeast Road Trip Update 4: Canadian Edition
by Ashleyby Ashley 17 minutes readOh, Canada! The last third of our trip was doing the greatest hits of eastern Canada: Montreal, Toronto, Niagara Falls. I wish…
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If you missed my first update about our 3-week northeast road trip, you can check it out here. The second one was…