Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness." ~ Mo Rocca Starbucks Red Cups Y'all know my obsession with coffee and how I am rarely without a coffee cup in hand. I even shared my Christmas mug collection which might be bordering on an obsession. But I have failed to share the prop that is in [...]
"Holy darkness, blessed night Heaven's answer hidden from our sight As we await you, O God of silence We embrace your holy night" ~ Holy Darkness Broken records I don’t need to continue to sound like a broken record and lament about how busy I am or how crazy life is. You ALL can infer [...]
"When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself." ~ Tecumseh Recaps My trip home for Thanksgiving flew by. It felt like I [...]
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." ~ Melody Beattie Gratitude There is so much in life to [...]
"Holy darkness, blessed night, heaven's answer hidden from our sight. As we await you, O God of silence, we embrace your holy night." Happy Easter Everyone! I hope everyone is having an amazing Easter, and if you don't celebrate an amazing weekend! Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays. It is a true [...]
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson My last major trip of the year is going to Vermont for my friends’ annual Christmas party which is held on the second weekend of December. While I always fly back to New Hampshire for [...]
"Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming! ~ Joseph B. Wirthlin" Traditions Since I was a little girl, I grew up watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was tradition in my household. Smells would be wafting through the whole house, as my Mom cooked turkey, mashed and sweet potatoes and all the [...]
"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." ~ Honore de Balzac Happy Mother's Day to all the incredible Moms out there! Young. Old. New. Even those who are parents to four legged balls of love. I hope you all have a beautiful Mother's [...]
"Home is where the heart is." ~ Pliny the Elder With the Easter Weekend upon us, you know that it wouldn't be a weekend that this jet setting blonde would take off. Oh no. Not me! Having not been home since Christmas, I was itching to see my family: go hiking with my brother, do mani-pedis [...]
"While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best." ~ Tom Allen If you read my blog, you know how much I love Bryant Park. I have mentioned at least half a dozen times and you can be sure I will be mentioning it another half dozen. Every year [...]