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 thirty-two 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 at work …

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: 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, trips, or “stuff”—is more important than spending time with those you love. Take time today to celebrate life with those around you; I’ll leave you with a look at December in our …

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 New York City 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. …