How to score a great deal on a selection of mystery items (including an exclusive promo code!) – and what I received in my Mystery Box.
Universal Standard’s Mystery Boxes are Back for 2022!
Author: Alyssa
My Best Tips for Secondhand Shopping and My Favorite Charlotte Thrift Stores
Featuring some of my favorite items thrifted right here in Charlotte
Traveling Light: Winter Packing List for Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina
If you’re new around here, I like to share my packing list for just about every destination I visit. I know that before I started traveling regularly, I found the whole packing thing to be quite a mystery. I found my way through trial and error, but I like to think of this series as …
Winter Travel Guide for Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Snow. That’s just one of the many reasons that Michael and I chose to move to North Carolina in 2019. For snow. But like, occasional snow. Just often enough that we would feel excited when it snowed, but not so often that it would hinder our daily life. And while it finally snowed a few …
Tiny Travel Helpers: 10 Reasons Why You Should Always Pack a Bandana When You Travel
Plus some pretty cute picks!
Everything Cookies Recipe
If you scroll back through the Recipes section of this website, you’ll mostly find dishes inspired by my travels. Bagels from New York, chocolate cake from Sweden, pancakes from Denmark, waffles from Belgium, pistachio ice cream from Italy… Are you sensing a theme here? I love bread and I have a major sweet tooth. But …
10 Great Meals in Charlotte for Under $10
Can I tell you something? I kind of love talking about money. Not in the sense of investments or stocks, but how we use it every day. It’s taboo, I know – but spending money is something we all do. And I think the world would be a better place if there was a little …
Why Black Skinny Jeans are Still My Go-To Denim for Travel, Featuring Mott & Bow
Yes, yes, skinny jeans are no longer de rigueur, but that doesn’t mean they deserve to be banished from your wardrobe entirely (and let’s be real, does anyone truly follow every fleeting trend to the letter?). And despite the “throw out your skinny jeans” rhetoric on social media, clothing isn’t disposable—if you’re considering parting ways …
Charlotte Restaurant Review: Bardo
2023 Update: Bardo is now closed and the space is now Blue Door, a cocktail lounge from the owners of Trio Nightclub. Bardo is a restaurant that has been on my radar since Michael and I first moved to Charlotte at the end of 2019; I can say we quite literally stumbled across it thanks …
Away Everywhere Bag Review + Packing Tips
Note: this is a review of the Original Everywhere Bag; Away has since updated this bag slightly, but most of the information here still applies. How much testing time is needed before a review of a product can be properly written? A month? Three months? Longer? Hopefully, two and a half years of consistent use …