Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea." ~ Rafael Nadal Beachhood Memories I feel like these are the dawg days of summer as we fast approach September, heck they might have even already past us by with the chilly temps we have [...]
"I like anywhere with a beach. A beach and warm weather is all I really need." ~ Rob Gronkowski A Cover-up Love Affair To say I love cover-ups and dusters doesn't even begin to describe my obsession with them. They are not only perfect as a light weight wrap, but they instantly transform any outfit, [...]
My return to the beach after it was closed for COVID
"When people who love the ocean come together, they can achieve extraordinary things." ~ Frances Beinecke For My Mermaids At Heart Second day of blogmas and guys it is snowing! Not just a little where it melts in a day (like the last storm) but actually a lot! This is the only time of year [...]
"The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach." ~ Henry Beston Cape Elizabeth I have written extensively about my love affair with the Maine Coast. I could go on and on until I bore [...]
"I go to the ocean to calm down, to reconnect with the creator, to just be happy." ~ Nnedi Okorafor Our Last Day! There was still so much to see and do from Balboa Park to the San Diego Zoo, but both Sarah and I loved Coronado immensely and despite the temperamentalness of the San [...]
"You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean." ~ Oprah Winfrey Secretly A Mermaid If you read this blog or follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you KNOW I am a secretly a mermaid. I mean the Little Mermaid could have been written about [...]
"We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining - they just shine." ~ Dwight L. Moody Saturday Morning After going for a run and seeing if my Mom needed anything, I went to [...]
"Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven." ~ John Lubbock Hospitality You would think with the amount of exploring we did, we would be exhausted, but nope we weren't. The day wasn't even half over for us. We got back to Jekyll Island and [...]
"Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit." ~ Frank Borman Tybee Lighthouse Shockingly it was only ten when we left Surf and Song, but it felt like it was noon time. Our next adventure was taking place at Tybee Island Light Station and Museum at Fort Screven. I have a love affair with [...]