This Thanksgiving, my family and I flew from two separate Northeast airports to spend the holiday week together in Arizona. We took adventures, enjoyed quality time together, and ate a lot of delicious Mexican…
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I come from a family of five, with an extended family of 77. Like many families, we are one of reunions and traditions. One of our most popular family traditions is "The Cottage," a…
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This year, as I stare at the white lights and candy canes on our Charlie Brown Christmas tree, I am thankful that no matter where I am in the world, I always have loved…
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We drove new highways, wore out nearly every country song on Sirius radio and learned a bit more about the history of our country. …
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Blog Friends + family My adventures Travel resources Twenties
Tootsies, plantations & jewelry boutiques
I first visited Nashville, Tennessee this past summer as part of a Midwest road trip with my brother, Dan. We visited the city in mid-August when the near-100-degree temperatures and humidity index left us…
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While we planned our trip around some of the city’s top attractions, St. Louis’s red brick buildings and clusters of restaurants also caught my attention. …
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Wednesday morning, my sister, Julie, and I woke up in South Bend, Indiana only 95 miles from Chicago, Illinois. Though we grew up in Rochester, New York, Chicago has been the next closest city…
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This post is my technological cheerlead – a dedication to my brother, Dan, who just accomplished a 17,598-foot hike to Everest’s base camp with little way to tell anyone about it.…
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A joyous Present-less Christmas, minus a brother, plus a Dane
Everything I need surrounds me. I sit by a softly flaming fire with family and friends around me. I am happy. I am healthy. And I have nearly eight dozen Christmas cookies waiting for…
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Because of the detours and lack of road signs, we found ourselves driving down a wooded backroad with not a soul, car or house in sight…not a soul, that is, besides a brown, mid-sized…