Birthday Part 2: Freebies

One of my favorite parts of birthdays are all the freebies involved. Remember how you wanted to go shoot fish at the Georgia Aquarium? ... Done. Although you might ought to leave your expensive significant other at home. Free dinner with family at your favorite...

Weekend Overview + Anthropologie

Since it was my birthday weekend, the husband and I got quite a bit done and had just the tiniest bit of fun doing it. (In other words, I wore him out.) Finances We started off the weekend on a good note. Justin's credit score had jumped quite a bit, so we applied...

Panoramic Mountain View

So I've done panoramas and HDRs. What's next? How about a panoramic HDR? (Click on the image above, because it is awesome.) Or maybe not. We'll see. Next week goes back to normal for ...

Picture

I haven't had any time today, so you get a picture. Aren't you lucky? :) I'm guessing I have a few things to review for you including Airbnb, the current exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and Jane's Carousel, but these things will have...

A Month of Discoveries

In case you hadn't noticed, I have had a crazy month thus far. The first week of the month we were in Charleston taking advantage of sunrays and ocean waves as well as all the beautiful sights and foods of the city. The second week I was babysitting approximately...

Boston: Day 1

So far in Boston we have only had time to spend with family and get settled into our new home for the next few days. I think today we are planning on spending time at the beach. Yay! The above flower was found and shot at Central Park. I think it is lovely....

A Picture A Day While I Am Away

Yesterday we visited Central Park, the Donald Trump building, the apple store, and FAO Schwarz along with getting lunch at one of the street vendors. I think most of our time was spent getting lost on the MTA (subway). Nevertheless, we got the above great shot...

New York: Day 2

We've been keeping busy. Yesterday we went to the Museum of Modern Art followed by shopping a bit downtown on Fifth Avenue at Saks, Macy's and an antique store. We went to mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral despite the fact that only one in the group is Catholic....

New York, New York!

I didn't mention this before, but this week Justin and I are spending the week in the big city of New York followed by a quick visit to Boston with Justin's parents, aunt, and uncle. It's been an exciting whirlwind of an adventure thus far. After a 14 hour drive and texting everyone on my friend's list until they were sick of me, we found ourselves in New Jersey staying with Justin's aunt and uncle....

Bowling Fun

image courtesy of google Recently I found out about an awesome program provided by AMF that allows you to take your kids bowling for free! As a babysitter, I am constantly looking for fun things to do with the kids I watch. If it gets the kids out of the house...

Rooftop View + Dresses

Last year the best HDR shot I could get from my camera on the rooftop of a building in Charleston was ... with my cell phone. :( I got some pretty great shots from my cell phone, and I am not at all complaining. I do have to say that I am pretty in love with...

A Break-In

While I was off spending time with my loved ones over the weekend, it turned out that someone else was trying to spend time in my house with my things. Honestly, I was really glad I was not home, but I thought I would share a few things I've learned from this...

Happy 4th!

Dear Friends, Hope you are having a fantastic July 4th! I'm going to be spending today and tomorrow with friends and family watching fireworks, eating barbecue, and soaking up sun rays. Have a fantastic weekend, and I will see you all next week! * I will have a weird schedule next week, but I will try and post as early in the day as possible....

Charleston Points of Interest

One of my favorite things to do in preparation for a vacation is to scour the web to see what other people like doing in the area that I am going to be visiting. This is especially true of a place like Charleston, SC where I've been multiple times. Of course...

Appearances Aren't Always What They Seem: Don Jose Mexican Restaurant

Over the weekend, Justin, his parents, and myself ventured off to try an unknown Mexican restaurant in the area. We had a coupon in our Entertainment book for the restaurant putting it on the top of our radar for cheap eats. When we pulled up to the restaurant, we were in for one heck of a surprise. USUALLY when you see coupons in the Entertainment book they are for chain restaurants. You can...

Price Matching & Best Rates Guarantees

As most of you are aware, I have been in the throes of planning not one vacation -- but TWO! Both of which will be happening within the next month. (And both of which were planned in the last month! Talk about stress!) Anyway, I think I've already mentioned how happy I was to find some good deals when booking a hotel through Travelocity. I failed to mention, however, that I was head-over-heels in...