Someone asks where you want to eat, you have lived here for years, and your brain goes completely blank. It happens to me constantly. So I finally made the list I wish I had every time, and it is all about Tallahassee patios that are worth choosing on purpose instead of settling for whatever has an open table. Summer here runs long, w[...]
Staying in a caboose in North Carolina was already enough to convince me to plan a trip to Buffalo Creek Vacations, but waking up on a bison ranch in the mountains made the experience even better than expected. We stayed in the bright Orange Caboose, which looks like a real train car on the outside because it is one. Inside, it has be[...]
There is a very specific fall feeling that hits the second the leaves start turning and Hocus Pocus makes its way back onto the TV. The nostalgia is instant, the Halloween decorations suddenly feel necessary, and visiting the real Hocus Pocus filming locations in Salem starts sounding like the perfect fall trip. The good news is that[...]
There is something about a national park trip that has a way of resetting you. The cell service drops, the views get bigger, and suddenly, your only real job is to be present. This national parks packing list will help you feel prepared before you go, because once you are deep in a park, you can't exactly run to Target for a forgotten fl[...]
Nashville has a way of pulling you in before you have even unpacked. Maybe it is the live music spilling out of every other doorway on Broadway, or the smell of hot chicken hitting you the second you walk into a restaurant, or the fact that you can go from a historic recording studio to a rooftop bar to the cutest little shopping street[...]