USA

Where We Stayed: In a small, no-frills AirBNB in a killer location. Ocean Park is far enough of the tourist track to…

Though I’ve been a few times, LA has never been high on my list of places to go. I don’t remember much…

When Justin’s mom, Rhonda, came to visit, we wanted to play tourists in our own town and show her around a bit, checking out some sites she may not have seen on previous visits. We used my Downtown Walking Tour as a starting point, skipping the places Rhonda had already seen or wouldn’t have interest in, and adding in a couple new spots we had yet to check out.

Theme parks are my jam. Growing up in Florida, we were fortunate enough to be able to visit them often. Sea World.…

In 2005, my family spent six weeks living in Whistler, British Columbia. My dad and brother flew, but my mother and I drove an SUV full of everything we’d need including four suitcases, three computers (remote work, ftw!), three pets, and one litter box.

This is the story of Sherra and Ashley’s Cross Country Adventure.

Spoiler alert: things get REAL WEIRD in Colorado.

For four weeks, we swapped homes with Cora and Hans, a sweet and fun-loving couple from the Hague. We got to experience…

In New York you can be a new man. – Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton Look around, look around at how lucky we are…

Dakota Confusion My 7th grade geography teacher assigned yet ANOTHER diorama, and while I usually relished a fun, creative, easy project like…

The plot of the movie The Hangover is total bullshit. There is no way someone could remain undetected on the roof of…

Reviewing 7 nights on the Celebrity Solstice Cruise to Alaska (Sept 2017)

One of my favorite ways to pass a sunny afternoon in Nashville is to play tourist in my own town and remind…

The husband and I had the grand pleasure of visiting Austin for 4 nights and 5 days so I could attend the…

Greetings from the road! Literally. I’m typing this from the front seat of the car as justin drives us to Plymouth Rock.…

My 10th grade American history professor was a black Pentecostal preacher, so lectures were often lively but even the most engaging teacher…

If you missed my first update about our 3-week northeast road trip, you can check it out here. The second one was…

Justin and I recently completed a 23-day road trip around the northeast United States and Canada. (Check out the previous posts: Update…

I like to document things, so Justin helped make a list of every single bar or restaurant where we ate or drank…

It’s been a minute since I’ve posted here, and I do keep meaning to post about the awesome trip to London I…

My husband has been talking about going to the Catbird Seat for years. A tiny, 22-seat U-shaped counter where patrons watch the…

This weekend was one of the rare ones where we didn’t have any plans. We woke up Saturday morning with nothing on…