A long weekend at Disney's Hilton Head is one of my favorite ways to get the Disney feeling without setting foot in a single theme park. No passport, no two weeks off, no packed itinerary. Just a change of scenery, a slower morning, and a few days where the biggest decision is pool or beach. If you have been craving a reset that still co[...]
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[...]