I’m pretty much off of social media so many of you don’t know that I went to Hawaii in early October! I went to see a college friend who’s living there (her husband is in the Navy and is stationed at Pearl Harbor) and another college friend flew out from Phoenix to meet us. It was a great time and well worth the 12 hour (gag) flight. I loved Hawaii…
When up at the Lake Erie Shores and Islands, the obvious choice for many is to take the ferry over to Put-In-Bay. Don’t get me wrong; PIB is beyond fun and is full of character. I absolutely love it. However, when I’m looking for a little change of scenery or perhaps a slightly-less party atmosphere, Kelley’s Island is where I love to go. Like South Bass Island (the island that…
Ever since things started to open up since quarantine, I’ve been intrigued by the amount of people who are still taking scrupulous precautions. While I certainly understand that there is a lot of conflicting information out there, one thing I don’t quite get are the healthy 20 and 30-somethings whose COVID survival rate is around 99.98% holing up and only feeding their anxieties further. In my humble opinion, it’s not…
If you’ve been around here for some time, you know that even though I’ve officially been a DC-area resident for 12 years now, I am a Clevelander through and through. My first few years in DC, I tried to embrace the Washingtonian life perhaps a bit too much and quickly realized that it’s not my jam. I am and will always be an Ohio person. Today I thought I would…
For as odd as this year has been, one thing that we’ve still been able to do is hit up the beach. In fact, we’ve gone a lot more than we usually do. It’s not even August and we’ve been to Ocean City, Rehoboth, and the Jersey Shore twice on top of visiting family in Ohio several times. If you’re unfamiliar with the DC area, the “Delmarva” Peninsula (Delaware, Maryland,…
One thing I never fully understood about my fellow human beings is the desire to take long vacations. I can’t do it. I get too antsy and want to get back home and see my dogs and work (because I’m that weirdo who genuinely loves working) and cook in my own kitchen and sleep in my own bed. When it’s not a global pandemic, my perfect vacation length involves leaving…
This year sucks and I’m completely lamenting the fact that we are not currently packing our bags for the luxurious Mexican vacation we had planned for next week. Thankfully everyone in my life is healthy but that doesn’t make our lack of travel more than a little sad. I’m not the type of person who usually focuses on the negatives. In fact, I’m very much a “glass half full” kind…
I had planned on writing about packing today but, long story short, I don’t have my luggage right now to photograph. It’s currently somewhere in between Nashville and Pensacola. Anyway, stay tuned for a post next week on the art of packing. Onto today’s post… A few weeks ago, Jim and I went down to New Smyrna Beach to visit his parents who were escaping the brutal Michigan winter to…
I actually wrote this post on my phone while on the plane ride home on Spirit, mainly because I didn’t want to get my laptop out of my bag and wanted to write while it was still fresh in my mind. I hope you enjoy! For as much as I usually love it, January lasted approximately 800 years this year and I needed an escape. What I did not need,…