Is your email inbox as inundated with “deals! deals! deals!” emails as mine is? I feel like I’ve edited my subscription list down to just a few, and somehow I seem to keep getting added back onto lists… In any case, I spent some time yesterday during the car ride down to visit my family …
Category: Travel
2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Budget Gifts Under $25
The gift guide that is always the most fun to put together isn’t the luxe guide or the gifts “for her”, where I get to slip in dream gifts or ones that are on my list – it’s this one. This post is not sponsored by any of the brands mentioned here and I selected …
2021 Holiday Gift Guide: “Luxe” Gifts
I’m back with another gift guide today! Today I’m sharing my round-up of “Luxe” gifts. Wait—why is luxe in quotes? My definition of luxury varies a bit from others; I view an item as “luxurious” if it is one of the best iterations of a product in its category. I find luxury that exists just …
2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Kids and Teens
Rounding up my top gifts for kids and teens for 2021
2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Him
Rounding up my top gifts for him for 2021
2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Her
Rounding up my top gifts for her for 2021
Traveling Light: A Carry-On Packing List for St. Croix
I have to say, it feels so wonderful to be back sharing packing list posts with you! Travel style is easily one of my favorite subjects – what you place in your suitcase sets the tone for your trip and thus requires careful consideration. Packing is interwoven with the trip-planning process: you have to figure …
Italic Is a New Marketplace for Home and Away
If you’ve been anywhere on the internet lately, you may have heard of Italic – the brand that, well, isn’t really a brand. Maybe you have even browsed their website before, admiring their beautiful, minimal products that all noticeably lack a brand name or label (garment tags simply read, “MADE FOR ITALIC”). And maybe you …
Travel Guide for Four Days in St. Croix, USVI
Back in August, Michael and I took our first flight since the start of the pandemic. We weren’t even planning to travel by air; we were set on doing a mini-road trip to Richmond, Virginia, to celebrate our dating anniversary (13 years – time flies!). But, as I often do when I’m bored, I found …
A Survey – and a Giveaway!
Update: the results are in! The world looks very different in 2021 than it did when I was last posting regular content here at the beginning of 2020 – as does the concept of blogging. Today I’m releasing a reader survey to better understand what your thoughts are on travel, blogging in general, and what …