Everything I packed for a quick weekend getaway to Dunwoody, Georgia
Traveling Light: Packing List for a Weekend in Dunwoody, Georgia
Tag: Weekend Trips
Exploring the Best of Atlanta’s Suburbs: A Weekend Travel Guide to Dunwoody, Georgia
Where to stay, what to do, and everything you need to eat during your weekend getaway in Dunwoody, Georgia!
Traveling Light: Winter Packing List for Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina
If you’re new around here, I love sharing my packing lists for just about every destination I visit. Before I started traveling regularly, packing felt like a bit of a mystery—but lots of trial and error helped me figure it out. This series is the guide I wish I’d had back then, and my hope …
Traveling Light: Packing List for Five Days in San Francisco
A real-life packing list for an autumn visit to San Francisco.
San Francisco in One Square Mile: Exploring Cow Hollow, Russian Hill, and the Marina District
I recently made a short visit to San Francisco with Mary of Twenty Two West to assist her in her booth at West Coast Craft. I know, what a dream gig, right? My last visit to San Francisco was with Michael in 2015, and we pretty much checked off every item on every guidebook’s list …
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 …
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 …
72 Hours in Madrid, Spain
When I shared with friends and family that Michael and I were traveling to Spain, many people excitedly asked, “Oh, are you going to Barcelona?!” Not a single person asked if we were going to Madrid. That seems absurd, doesn’t it? It is the capital of the country after all, and that should count for …
My Flight Got Canceled and All I Had To Wear Was This Dress
If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen that my three-day weekend getaway unexpectedly turned into a six-day stay in Raleigh thanks to Hurricane Dorian. Due to the unfortunate combination of non-existent federal regulations requiring airlines to support passengers in the event of a cancelation and my decision to fly a budget airline, …
Touring the Triangle: A Long-Weekend Travel Guide for Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina
I nearly titled this post “Troubles in the Triangle,” because it was a rollercoaster of a trip. Not because anything really went wrong in the cities themselves—they’re great!—but because our flights home kept getting canceled, doubling our trip length. But despite moments of panic at the thought of incurring unexpected expenses and trying to handle …