Updated: November 9th, 2018 Hey, I’ve done it too. I’ve been sucked in by the allure of getting something that used to cost $500 for just $50. It’s human nature. Like yielding to a buy one, get one free sale regardless of how badly you actually need two battery-powered ear hair trimmers. You get TWO […]
Show Me the Monet! // On a Day Trip to Giverny
One thing I always tell people to do when visiting Paris, France is… leave it. Just get out. *Gasp* What’s wrong with me!? Have I got Nutella for brains or something!? Alright, alright, calm down. Paris is what it is (magic and romantic and crawling with delicious snails that actually aren’t anymore) but the France outside […]
9 Reasons a Long Weekend in Cincinnati Should Be Your Next Trip
I put off spending a long weekend in Cincinnati for a long time. I didn’t know (or had ever heard) anything about it and didn’t want to risk wasting a weekend. I needed to be 100% convinced a weekend in Cincinnati was going to be worth it—not like that time I boarded a plane to […]
Day Trip to Luxembourg // To Take or Not to Take?
Three is my magic number. Wherever I go, and for however long I’m gone, I always try to fit three countries into a trip. New countries, to me, are like Pringles—I really can’t have just one… (entire can all at once). I need more, MORE! And that’s the magic of Europe—tiny countries, incredibly easy transportation […]
4 Cities in 4 Days in Belgium, Oh My!
Updated: December 29th, 2018 Belgium is sometimes a tricky place to explain to people who haven’t experienced it for themselves. I personally don’t know anyone with a burning desire to go there; and it’s probably on very few bucket lists. Being in Belgium is a fantastic, lovely, pleasant experience… but finding a particular reason to […]
10 Ways to Spend a Day in Ybor City, Tampa
Updated: February 22nd, 2019 I’m all about landing in Florida and heading straight for a piña colada by the beach… which is probably how I managed to live in the Tampa Bay area for a year and a half and never spend a day in Ybor City. I mean, really, how much do you know […]
Czeching Out the Best of Prague in 3 Days
Every good thing you’ve heard about Prague is true. Any bad thing you’ve heard was probably spoken by someone who drinks too much that you shouldn’t associate with anyway. Prague is an enchanting fairy tale village where beer is cheaper than water and every street is postcard-worthy; but you already knew that because you’ve been […]
The Best 5-Day London Itinerary For First-Time Visitors
London had never been on my radar. It was as much a stranger to me as everything else I couldn’t care less about: Star Trek, pho, pacifiers, what sorority you were in. I basically ended up going just to say I’d been and because hearing “OMG of all the places you‘ve traveled, you’ve never been […]
Do This, Not That // 3 Days in Mexico City
Updated: January 23rd, 2019 For my 3 days in Mexico City, I almost completely improvised the whole thing. And if my stacks of manila folders and excess of Excel spreadsheets could talk, well, first they’d tell you I need to get out more. Then they’d shout at the top of their lungs that winging it […]
9 Reasons You Should Visit Chucalissa Indian Village Already!
If you’ve lived in Memphis, Tennessee all your life you’ve doubtlessly seen the sign for Chucalissa Indian Village on I-55 about a gazillion times. But before you could consider what you were seeing and what this so-called Indian village was all about, chances are your thoughts quickly wandered over to (also for the gazillionth time): […]
Tiny Room, Big Value // My New York City Pod Hotel Review & Guide
There are some things that just seem impossible to locate: your car keys when you’re in a hurry, the DVD player remote control sweet spot, a news story comments section with nice, constructive comments where no ones mother is insulted, and affordable accommodations in Manhattan that aren’t under a bridge in Central Park. If you […]
Yams on a Yacht // My NYC Thanksgiving Dinner Cruise Experience
Updated: February 5th, 2019 I’m a big fan of tradition. Whether it’s eating at all my favorite places when I go back home, or watching all the same Christmas movies every year even though I’m a total scrooge, or even riding the same ride at Disney World every year no matter how much my friends […]
Making Sense of Mexico’s ADO Bus System
Updated: January 23rd, 2019 I found Mexico City to be a pretty straightforward place. You need to get somewhere? Call an Uber. You need directions? Ask anyone around you. You’re hungry? There’s food literally everywhere. On the sidewalk, on the corner, in the backs of trucks, everywhere. And even the food itself is simple. On […]
¡Ay Dios Mio! // 17 Things That Shocked Me In Mexico
Updated: March 5th, 2019 Mexico, next-door neighbor that it is, has always been a mystery to me. I feel like you never hear about Mexico in terms of being a popular travel destination—at least, not after the age of 20 when your dreams of crashing MTV Spring Break have come and gone like a round […]
Do This, Not That // Visiting All 4 Disney Parks in 1 Day
If you were a Disney character, who would you be? Me—hmm, maybe Cinderella? I’m really clumsy on staircases (with the hospital bills to prove it). Or perhaps Princess Aurora because no one loves a good nap more than I do. I’m absolutely the chicken from Moana before I have my morning coffee. But if I […]
The Best Two-Day Iceland Stopover Itinerary For First-Time Visitors
Hi, I’m Ashley. I’m married; I own a house, two cats, and about 100,000 honeybees; I quit my cush job last year to be a travel blogger; I’m no stranger to laser hair removal and even less of a stranger to the technicians that do it (now). No, I do not have a fear of commitment, […]
Should You Visit the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati? OMG YES!
The American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio has changed me. Well, that’s a dumb thing to say about a museum of signs, huh? I mean, these are metal, wooden, neon signs I’m talking about—not signs from a divine power (read that last part with an echo). These merely tell me where to stop for gas […]
I went to Rochester to eat something called a Garbage Plate and I Regret Nothing!
There’s a phrase my husband shouts once a year. Not says, always shouts, and always when I’m driving—the best time to surprise someone with your screams. This phrase makes me shiver in disgust and contort my face as if a sick dog just threw up the remnants of a squirrel on the sidewalk in front […]
Not Just a Pretty Face // It’s Actually Worth Visiting Mont Saint Michel
There are a lot of pretty people out there: Gigi Hadid, Chris Hemsworth, Sofia Vergara (I know, I always mention her but DAYUM), that guy who tends bar at that place in that town. You know who I’m talking about–you’ll find him in a tight black t-shirt mispronouncing everything on the menu but his teeth are […]
The Best D-Day Sites in Normandy for When You Want to Cry on Vacation
Updated: March 5th, 2019 I’m willing to bet crying and a general sense of feeling terrible wasn’t exactly what you had in mind when you slipped those vacation requests to your boss. You probably dreamed of seeing famous landmarks and fine art you don’t really “get,” not seeing bomb craters and hearing “Taps” played in […]
