A Mountain Magical Weekend

April 29, 2013

Late last week, my mom and I had the chance to defend our title at the 2013 Mountain Magic golf tournament! This marks the third consecutive year that we’ve been partners (read 2011 and 2012 recaps here), and it was as fun, exhilarating and exhausting (in a good way) as ever. We arrived at the [...]

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Europe, Day Four: Naples, Pompeii and Sorrento

April 22, 2013

Recaps so far: Day One – Paris via London Day Two – Versailles and the Latin Quarter Day Three – Four Corners, Four Views of Paris Though we were sad to say goodbye to Paris, we were very excited for the next leg of our European adventure: Italy! On Easter morning, we woke up bright [...]

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Europe, Day Three: Four Corners, Four Views of Paris

April 19, 2013

Recaps so far: Day One – Paris via London Day Two – Versailles and the Latin Quarter Looking back on our third day in Paris, I’ve learned two things. First, that we have a tendency to pack our days to the brim (thank you, decent walking shoes). Second, that we managed to explore four corners [...]

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Europe, Day Two: Versailles and the Latin Quarter

April 17, 2013

After arriving in Paris later than expected, we debated whether we should still devote an entire day to Versailles. With so much on our list to see in Paris, we started to think it might be better to spend the morning at Versailles and head back into the city for the afternoon instead. Then we [...]

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Pause

April 16, 2013

If there was such a thing as a pause button on life, then I definitely hit mine yesterday. From the moment I received a news alert on my phone regarding what had happened in Boston, I could not take my eyes away from the television. Even with conflicting reports, I was glued to the screen. [...]

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Europe, Day One: Paris via London

April 15, 2013

Hello there! Happy Monday! Today I’m excited to share the first day of our European adventure with you. Just in case it’s helpful for anyone who is also planning a trip, we created our itinerary through a combination of: Tips from family and friends Internet sites like TripAdvisor, Yelp and Hotels.com Guidebooks from Frommer’s and [...]

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Jet Lagging For Joy

April 8, 2013

Hello there! Long time, no blog. I hope you all are well and have been enjoying the start of spring! We arrived home from our European adventure last night and dutifully forced ourselves to stay up until our normal bedtime. Well, at least we tried to force ourselves – ultimately we collapsed into bed about [...]

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Guidebooks + Giveaway Winner

March 25, 2013

Happy Monday! It was a big weekend of planning as we finalized our to-dos and must-sees for the Europe trip. Our strategy was to ask friends and family for advice first and foremost, but we also relied on an effective combination of guidebooks, TripAdvisor and Yelp to round out the itinerary. We all know that [...]

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