Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there." ~ Amy Li Happy Birthday Sugar! Today would have been my sister's 38th birthday. It is crazy to think she would have been approaching forty, and I know full well if she was [...]
"I remember perfectly my first trip to New York when I was on the bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan when I saw the skyscrapers. It was like an incredible dream." -Diego Delle Valle Brooklyn Bridge I have had this post in the works for years! Long before I moved and the pandemic happened, and I [...]
"It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time." ~ David Allan Coe Hidden Oasis Hello friends! Happy April 1 (and yes April Fool's!) Spring is in the air and there is no better place to be then amongst [...]
"The best education I have ever received was through travel." ~ Lisa Ling Tastes of Texas Because I was there for a wedding, as well as work, I wasn't able to explore Texas as much as I would have loved to. Especially if I was traveling solo. The AirBnB we stayed at was unreal, and [...]
“The next five months are grim ones. I always feel sorry to have the summertime change, with the dark evenings closing in mid-afternoon, and will try to lay in some physical comforts these months – the best insurance against gloominess for me.” ~ Sylvia Plath Summer where did you go? How is it September already? [...]
"Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked." ~ Vicente Fox The National Mall After joyously caffeinating ourselves, Sarah and I headed to The National Mall. On maps, everything looks far apart, but it didn't seem it when [...]
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." ~ Martin Buber King Street Once I had my much needed caffeine fix, it was time to explore. As City Lights Coffee was just off of King Street I made my way there first. The city streets were quiet, as it wasn't quite tourist season [...]
"Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun." ~ Karolina Kurkova Winter Hiking I get asked A LOT about Winter hiking. Most people think I am crazy and I concur for even undertaking the freezing feat. Hiking isn't always enjoyable, even in warmer months, why would I want to torture myself when it is sub [...]
“I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.” ~ Rosalia de Castro 2017 Memories Bare with me because I am about to get disgustingly nostalgic, as I take a trip down memory picture lane. What a year it has been. It [...]
"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 [...]