Sharing my real-life carry-on suitcase for a winter weekend in Louisville, Kentucky.
Traveling Light: Packing List for a Winter Weekend in Louisville, Kentucky
Category: Destinations
Urban Bourbon: The Perfect Weekend Travel Guide for Your First Visit to Louisville, Kentucky
Sharing a first-timers weekend guide for Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville has been on my list of places to visit forever. Not just for the bourbon (although definitely for the bourbon!), but for the classic attractions and the amazing things happening in the city’s dining scene alike. The problem? Flights from Charlotte are typically outside of my …
Eight Can’t-Miss Restaurants in Louisville, Kentucky
Beyond fried chicken, the Hot Brown, and Derby Pie, I knew very little about Louisville’s cuisine before I started planning my trip to the city. With famous dishes like those, I can honestly say I wasn’t expecting to find so much international flavor in a landlocked state – but I soon found myself seated at …
Make a Quick Getaway With These 22 Essential Day Trips from Charlotte, North Carolina
We’re so lucky to have so many incredible day trip destinations within a three-hour drive of Charlotte. What are you waiting for? Find your next weekend adventure!
Traveling Light: A Winter Packing List for a Weekend in Boston
Opening up my suitcase – err, backpack – and sharing everything I packed for a weekend in Boston. Although I’ve always considered myself a “weekend travel blogger,” I suspect this year was the one where I truly took the most true “weekend” trips of all, departing on Saturday and returning on Sunday (in the past, …
36 Hours in Boston and Cambridge
A quick weekend getaway guide to Boston and Cambridge – perfect for second-timers. As a travel blogger, I find myself spending more time than I’d like touring my site’s analytics. It’s tedious, but I get to learn so much about the kind of content you’re interested in. And when $75 round-trip tickets popped up for …
A Review of Moëca in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Tucked just around the corner from Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge is a cozy neighborhood seafood spot that’s been making waves ever since it opened in mid-2022: Moëca. Striving to prepare fresh, sustainable seafood based on the current catch, Moëca’s menu changes daily. But no matter what the boat brings in, as a sister concept to …
Shop Local: 10 Charlotte Shops You Should Add to Your List
I frequently highlight small businesses in my travel guides, so I figured it’s finally time to share some of my home city’s best local shops and boutiques! Charlotte is home to nearly every major retailer (although, famously, not Zara)—but those shops receive enough attention as it is, so this post isn’t going to be about …
Photo Diary: Dollywood at Christmastime
Sharing a sweet little look at Dollywood all decked out for the holidays. Grief is a strange beast. Sometimes it renders you unable to move in its wake—and sometimes it drops you at Dollywood. My grandmother loved Dolly Parton, and all she wanted for her birthday this year was for our family to gather together …
Traveling Light: A Backpack Packing List for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Revealing everything I packed in my backpack for a weekend flyaway trip to Philadelphia For better or for worse, the number of personal item packing list posts on this blog has grown significantly this year. This is largely due to the fact that I fly more budget carriers like Spirit or Frontier than I used …