For our first dinner of 2026 last Thursday night, Troy had graciously left the decision making up to me, knowing that I had been carefully researching both our activity and dining options prior to our departure to Portland, Maine and that I had a couple of ideas in mind of where I wanted to go […]
That first full day back to work after New Year’s Eve/Day and following the conclusion of the holiday season can be and often is a disorienting and fully chaotic event. My Christmas decorations are still up, my sparkly heels from New Years are still on the floor by my bags – so how and why […]
One of the more bittersweet things about winding down the year and preparing to start a new one, and especially as someone who has been blogging regularly for nearly six years while developing my own little creative traditions along the way – is looking back on all of the moments and memories that were made […]
January is one of those months that, year after year, always feels like it takes a lifetime to get through. I’ve seen a lot of memes on social media in recent days that are in the style of “it’s only January 45th!” that crack me up, and make me feel a little better since I […]
To say I’m still recovering from this past weekend would be an understatement. While I wasn’t out drinking or dancing until the early morning hours, I was still traveling all around the Northeast to enjoy a couple of belated-birthday celebrations that consisted of some of the best food I’ve ever in my life. How could […]
With Hurricane Debby recently making landfall and causing a significant amount of rain here in the Northeast, my girlfriends and I were carefully monitoring this past weekend’s forecast and frantically trying to arrange a backup plan in case our long-scheduled boating excursion off the coast of Ogunquit, Maine fell through due to choppy waters and/or […]
After the absolute whirlwind that was the extended Memorial Day Weekend just a few short days ago, it felt nice to have a more quiet and low-key couple of afternoons off where I could tidy up my apartment, restock some groceries, catch up on e-mails that had been sitting patiently in my inbox, and- most […]
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 […]