Ten Favorite Photos From 2023

And just like that, with Christmas still fresh on everyone’s’ minds, we are officially in the final stretch of 2023! Knowing what my year-end blogging traditions are- and once we had hit mid-November- I knew I had to begin looking through and revisiting thousands upon thousands of photos I’ve snapped over these past twelve months […]

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A Month to Remember: October 2023

Happy Halloween Eve and Greetings from Maryland, everyone! I’m spending the next couple of days here with Andrew and the kids to celebrate Halloween, and ring in both the beginning of November and the official holiday season before it’s time to fly back to Massachusetts and get ready for a very, very busy few weeks […]

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“I’m a loner, Dottie. A Rebel.”

To close out my stay in California, Troy had a surprise for me this past weekend. After grabbing brunch at STOWAWAY, which I wrote about earlier this week, we hit the road to get some coffee and plan out the remainder of our Saturday afternoon. I’ve grown accustomed to SoCal’s insane traffic over the years, […]

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This Is Halloween, This Is Halloween…

It was only a matter of time, but we’ve come up on the last couple of days of my extended West Coast journey. In a little over 24 hours I’ll be boarding a plane back to New England to ride out the remainder of my vacation before it’s time to return to work, colder weather, […]

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Haunted Happenings…

Although I’ve been in California for nearly two weeks now, my “official” vacation didn’t kick off until today. Since my arrival at the beginning of the month, I’ve been working remotely throughout San Diego and Orange County- starting my day at four in the morning and wrapping up e-mails/tasks around 1:30 in the afternoon. Sure, […]

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Not-So-Local-Loves: S3 Coffee Bar

There’s a lot of things I’ve grown to absolutely adore in the nearly twenty years I’ve been traveling to San Diego. The friends and extended family I have there. The scenery. The beaches. The music venues (and music scene, of course!) The great places to eat and drink- plenty of which I’ve written about on […]

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Stormy Skies, Seaside and Sleeping In…

Good Afternoon, everyone- although it’s still morning where I am right now. Greetings from beautiful and sunny San Diego! I got into town on Saturday afternoon after a rather bumpy flight as we passed over a series of storms and high winds throughout the Midwest. Although I was feeling a little groggy and nauseous by […]

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A Month to Remember: May 2023

If I had to summarize May of 2023 with just a couple of words, they’d definitely be “extended vacation.” This month has been all about cross-country travel, live music and festivals, great food, and time with some of my dearest friends and loved ones- a trend I’m hoping will continue into June, as well! But […]

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