| The Canadian Rockies Called, And I Had To Go: Alberta Exploration, Part II |

September 24, 2018.Reading time 15 minutes.

Fall is officially here: I can’t believe that another season is already in the rearview. While I am quite ready for throw blankets and backyard fires, butternut squash soup and hazelnut coffee, tree transformations and all of the apple-picking, pumpkin picking, Halloween candy distribution and Thanksgiving food comas that this time of year brings, I […]

| A NoVa Weekend Itinerary, In The Spirit Of Friendship |

September 16, 2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

One of my first adult trips abroad was to London, England, when I was just 22 years old. I booked a single roundtrip ticket and had no intention of inviting anyone along- the goal was to find a three-star accommodation downtown and nestle inside a cozy coffee shop for a week, people watch and write. […]

| Checked Out: August Book Review- Girl, Wash Your Face |

September 8, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Confession: I haven’t read too many self-help books in my thirty-year lifetime. In the past three years, however, my personal outlook has moved from “ignorance is bliss” to “holy sh*t, who/ what/ where am I?” Things have changed quite a bit. I wake up married, blissfully bound by “till death, do us part.” When the […]

| Checked Out: July Book Review- Gift From The Sea |

September 5, 2018.Reading time 14 minutes.

As mentioned previously, one of my favorite books of all time is “The Aviator’s Wife,” by Melanie Benjamin, a historical, imaginative account of one of the world’s most well-known couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. I knew a little about Charles Lindbergh from elementary school days and my current close proximity to the Smithsonian […]

| Putting Meaning Into The Mailbox |

September 4, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Did You Know… “That according to a survey done by the post office, last year the typical home received a personal letter about every seven weeks; in 1987 it was once every two weeks. Increasingly, most of us are emailing the things we used to send through traditional mail like bills, cards, notes and invitations.” […]

| Strolling Down Memory Lane, Past Rome, Florence, & Chianti, Italy |

August 19, 2018.Reading time 22 minutes.

Imagine this: You are embarking on a twelve-day journey to Italy with your own “famiglia” by your side. As you board the aircraft, soon departing for Rome, you smile knowing that your dream apartment in a foreign paradise awaits you. An apartment with six bedrooms, a well-appointed kitchen, and a modern, minimalistic living room dressed […]