Tag: Spring Packing Lists

Connecticut, Destinations, Packing Lists, Style, Travel, USA

Traveling Light: A Spring Packing List for New Haven, Connecticut (in a backpack!)

Alyssa wears a black tee, blue jeans, and white sneakers

Packing for a trip to New England is always a fun challenge. The region’s fickle climate, with intense winters and sudden seasonal shifts, requires thoughtful planning to ensure you’re prepared for anything. Especially when you’re packing for four days and limited to bringing only a backpack. This post is not affiliated with any of the …

Destinations, Packing Lists, Puerto Rico, Style, Travel, USA

Traveling Light: A Packing List for Five Nights in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Alyssa on the beach in Luquillo

Opening up my suitcase and sharing everything I packed for five nights in Puerto Rico It’s a little hard to believe, but there are over fifty packing lists on this blog. That’s over fifty different packing collages, series of outfit photos, and musings on the packing process. By now you might think I’ve run out …

Destinations, North Carolina, Packing Lists, Style, Travel, USA

Traveling Light: Packing List for Pinehurst and Southern Pines, North Carolina

Alyssa wears a white sweater with white jeans and a camel coat

Opening up my suitcase and sharing my real-life packing list for a chilly weekend in Pinehurst and Southern Pines, North Carolina What is the closest you’ve cut it while packing for a trip? For a recent trip to the Sandhills, I think I set a new personal record: only an hour before I needed to …

Destinations, Ohio, Packing Lists, Style, Travel, USA

Traveling Light: Packing List for Cleveland, Ohio (in a backpack!)

Alyssa on the lawn at The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sharing everything I packed in my backpack for a Spring weekend in Cleveland, Ohio

Destinations, Packing Lists, Style, Travel, USA, Wisconsin

Traveling Light: A Spring Packing List for Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Alyssa wears a sweater, jeans, rain coat, and boots in Milwaukee

Opening up my suitcase to share my real-life packing list for a Spring weekend in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Last month, Michael and I flew North to Milwaukee for my birthday. Despite seemingly everyone’s hesitations, I found an energetic city full of great food, cool art, and ample opportunity to simply get out and explore on foot. …

Destinations, Packing Lists, Style, Travel, USA, Virginia

Traveling Light: A Spring Packing List for Richmond, Virginia

Alyssa jumps on large stepping stones in Richmond

You know I love to open up my suitcase after every trip and show you what went inside, and today I’m sharing an early spring packing list for a weekend in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond is just within what I consider to be my driving radius for a weekend away – any further than the 4.5 …

Destinations, Illinois, Packing Lists, Style, Travel, USA

Traveling Light: Essential Packing List for Chicago (in a backpack!)

Alyssa wears all black and stands in front of the bean

I was devastated when I saw the forecast for Chicago. (That’s a bit of an overstatement, but I’m okay with that). After a few weeks of delightful weather in Charlotte, we were headed North to Chicago, which hadn’t quite gotten the memo that spring had arrived. Snowflake and raindrop icons appeared on my phone’s screen, …

Destinations, Mexico, Packing Lists, Style, Travel

Traveling Light: A Carry-On Packing List for Guadalajara, Mexico

Alyssa wears a wide brim straw hat and a blue ruffle dress

A real-life packing list from a week spent in hot and sunny Guadalajara – all packed in a carry on, of course!

Destinations, North Carolina, Packing Lists, Style, Travel, USA

Traveling Light: Packing List for Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

Alyssa wears a Wilmington Tee

I’m back with another real-life packing list today! This post is all about what I brought for our recent trip to Wilmington, North Carolina.

Destinations, Georgia, Packing Lists, Style, Travel, USA

Traveling Light: Packing List for a Weekend in Dunwoody, Georgia

Alyssa hangs a top in the hotel closet

Everything I packed for a quick weekend getaway to Dunwoody, Georgia