Tag: Holidays

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Journal | 12.22.18

Three more sleeps ’til Christmas! Michael and I started our celebrations early today with an extended family get-together. Things were frantic two hours until our scheduled start time when our family learned that the community center we usually rent had been double-booked; despite the short notice, my great-aunt pulled through and hosted all 32 of …

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Journal | 12.15.18

A Happy Weekend to you! Michael and I are currently on the road heading to St. Petersburg, Florida for our final monthly Florida trip. We have an exciting day planned – one full of Dalí, tacos, and beer (basically: a perfect day). It’s excellent timing, too, as I’m coming out of a really busy period …

Travel Products, Wish Lists and Gift Ideas

2018 Holiday Gift Guide: Budget Travel Gifts Under $25

A grey stocking hangs on a white brick wall

Welcome to my 2018 Gift Guide Series! Each day this week I’ll be sharing a small, carefully curated selection of items for a targeted audience or a specific price point, all with the theme of travel. Though I’ll always advocate for taking a trip over giving tangible items, I understand that many families still feel …

Travel, Travel Products, Wish Lists and Gift Ideas

2018 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Luxe Traveler

Alyssa wears a white top and a red Santa hat while facing away from the camera

Welcome to my 2018 Gift Guide Series! Each day this week I’ll be sharing a small, carefully curated selection of items for a targeted audience or a specific price point, all with the theme of travel. Though I’ll always advocate for taking a trip over giving tangible items, I understand that many families still feel …

Travel, Travel Products, Wish Lists and Gift Ideas

2018 Holiday Gift Guide: Travel Gifts for the Little Ones

A typewriter with a letter for Santa

Welcome to my 2018 Gift Guide Series! Each day this week I’ll be sharing a small, carefully curated selection of items for a targeted audience or a specific price point, all with the theme of travel. Though I’ll always advocate for taking a trip over giving tangible items, I understand that many families still feel …

Travel, Travel Products, Wish Lists and Gift Ideas

2018 Holiday Gift Guide: Travel Gifts for Him

A blue and yellow Moose with three bottlebrush trees

Welcome to my 2018 Gift Guide Series! Each day this week I’ll be sharing a small, carefully curated selection of items for a targeted audience or a specific price point, all with the theme of travel. Though I’ll always advocate for taking a trip over giving tangible items, I understand that many families still feel …

Travel, Travel Products, Wish Lists and Gift Ideas

2018 Holiday Gift Guide: Travel Gifts for Her

Holding gift behind back

Welcome to my 2018 Gift Guide Series! Each day this week I’ll be sharing a small, carefully curated selection of items for a targeted audience or a specific price point, all with the theme of travel. Though I’ll always advocate for taking a trip over giving tangible items, I understand that many families still feel …

Travel, Travel Tips

Dinner Party Survival Kit: 20 Travel-Themed Conversation Starters

Alyssa sets a vegetable tart down on the Thanksgiving Table

Happy Thanksgiving! I’m so grateful for you all, and I hope you’re spending this day surrounded by loved ones. I’m keeping things short and sweet today with a list of twenty travel-themed questions you can print, cut, and pass around to your friends and family to answer and share. Have a small group? Each person …

Home, Reflections

Happy Holidays!

A fabric sign that reads Merry Christmas

Whether you’re celebrating something today or not, no matter where you are in the world, I wish you all the best. Nothing, not gifts, not trips, not “stuff,” is more important than spending time with those you love. Take time today to celebrate life with those around you; I’ll see you on Thursday!

Home, Reflections

How to Have a Slow Christmas

Alyssa drinks glogg in a window

I mentioned in Monday’s post that Michael and I took a trip to NYC last year in lieu of our typical gift exchange. It wasn’t that we grew tired of finding special gifts for the other person; we both love it when we find that perfect item we think the other will enjoy. Instead, we …