We had just 2 days in Dublin which for us, though I loved the city and would love to explore more on another trip, is easy to hit the major attractions in that time. We got to explore more of the lovely city of Dublin on our second day there… Read more
After a quick stop in London, we headed North to Dublin for our first dose of Ireland and I’m pretty sure everyone is aware that I fell hard for Ireland, specifically exploring Grafton Street in Dublin. Oh Dublin, you are precious. The energy pouring out of Dublin is amazing and it… Read more
I mentioned on my favorite moments post a few days ago that I grew up very Irish. Long story short, my maternal grandmother’s father was straight from Ireland and upon his deathbed, the family found out that he had in fact had another family back in Ireland that no one… Read more
While this was not our first trip to London (in fact I’m quickly losing count as we go through London often), we spent our first day upon arrival wandering the city and taking in some of our favorite spots. Each trip to London we try to hit a couple places… Read more
Today I’m starting in on my travel review posts which, in the coming weeks, will dive deep into our adventures through London, Ireland and Scotland. We had a magical trip and fell in love with each place we saw, spurred on by the magical Christmas decorations up all over Europe… Read more
I know that on travel blogs, we come home from trips with these lovely photos and beautiful locations under our belts, but truthfully, travel is a whole lot less glamorous than it’s made out to be. Things go wrong, you get somewhere and don’t like it, you get sick or hurt,… Read more
L’Hermitage Hotel – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada See more Reviews! From the minute we walked in the gorgeous lobby to the beautiful suite, to the balcony overlooking the city, I was very happy with this hotel and would highly recommend it if you’re in Vancouver BC. The location is also fantastic,… Read more
We just got back last night from a quick trip to Vegas, so while I catch up from being gone, I’m moving on today from Napa and on to a quick trip I took the day right after we got back from California.A few weeks ago, my mom was on the… Read more
The Citizen Hotel – Sacramento, California See more Reviews! This hotel was fantastic overall and one I’d highly recommend. As part of the Joie de Vivre collection, The Citizen Hotel was classy and well designed, with both modern touches mixed with good design and lovely aesthetics. Plus, we got a tremendous… Read more
On Sunday of our wine country trip, we only had a half day before our flight home so we decided to spend the morning having a lazy few hours at our hotel in Sacramento. When we did head out, we drove down to Sacramento’s Old Town. Old Sacramento is a… Read more
In an effort to properly recap our California Wine Country escape, I will be breaking up my posts per town in the coming days, but we did all the wine country towns in 1 day and for us, that was plenty of time. Nick and I aren’t big drinkers and… Read more
In an effort to properly recap our California Wine Country escape, I will be breaking up my posts per town in the coming days, but we did all the wine country towns in 1 day and for us, that was plenty of time. After Yountville, we headed up farther North… Read more
In an effort to properly recap our California Wine Country escape, I will be breaking up my posts per town in the coming days, but we did all the wine country towns in 1 day and for us, that was plenty of time. We started our wine country escape by… Read more
For many years after moving back to the States from Saudi, I felt sort of ashamed of being American, and maybe ashamed isn’t the right word, but I felt just wrong calling myself truly American, wrong carrying a blue American passport because I didn’t really feel “American.” Growing up overseas,… Read more
It’s October, my favorite month of the year! Partially due to the fact that my birthday is this month, but also because I love this time of the year, the colors are changing, the rain is falling and my coats are out in full swing. So for a number of… Read more