Throwback to August 2013:

Back in August 2013, the furthest I had ever ventured from Atlanta was to NYC. My husband and I had only been married a little over a year and we were prepping for our first trip to Europe. I was overwhelmed, excited, and stressed. I had no idea how hard I would...

Understanding Exposure Book Review

Buy here. The view from the top of the deck was astounding… Justin's mom and I were holding some seats at Bowen's Island Restaurant in Charleston waiting for him and his father to finish purchasing food for us to eat while we watched the sun set. Only, as...

Thanks for all the Fish!

Movies the husband takes me to with opening sequences that simply cannot be unseen. While most of the world spends their day working, the US will spend its day eating. And being thankful. Here are a few things I am grateful for this year: 1. Good friends 2....

Moulin Rouge

People talking, laughing, waiters juggling champagne bottles and menus: this is what the Moulin Rouge dining room looks like to a foreigner before the show begins. But let's back up a bit. It's 2001 and the internet is still a free-for-all. There are no worries...

Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort

Destination: Myrtle Beach, SC Date: August 2016 Hotel: Hilton Brand: Hilton Elite Status: diamond # of travelers: 4 nights: 2 Making the Decision In the midst of planning a return trip to France this past summer, my in-laws informed me that my husband's cousins...

10 Vacation Planning Mini-Miracles

image from FreeRange photographer: Filo In planning my trip for Hawaii, my focus has been on "little daily miracles" (Thanks Virginia Woolf!). What do I mean by that? Well, I'm looking for the little things that will take the trip from ho hum to … magnifico!...

Wordless Wednesday

Brittany, France (July 2016) I'm not in love with the editing I did on this image, but I figured I should start going through and editing my images from this summer. It has almost a haze to the image that I'm not sure how to fix. And does it have a green color...

All The Broken Hearts in the World Still Beat

Photo credit: lakelandlocal via Visual Hunt / CC BY-NC-SA It is no surprise that the election from Tuesday November 8th caught a lot of people off guard, myself included. While today's post isn't technically a response to the election results, it kind of is. I...