It has been a whirlwind of a summer and this past weekend has been the first time I’ve been able to breath freely and deeply in quite some time. It turns out that perhaps marking off most major life changes in the span of a […]

Hi Sweet Internet Friends! It has been a hot minute, hasn’t it? After keeping up my goal of creating new content every week for a year, life started to get a little busy. Well, not just a little busy, but perhaps a major-life-event-at-every-turn kind of […]

When I first brought up the idea of traveling to Portugal to my brother, a world traveling himself, he immediately began raving about a magical city north of Lisbon. He noted that it was one of his favorite things he saw in Europe after spending […]

Since this was considered one of my *bigger* birthdays, I knew I wanted to spend my 30th doing something I loved…something that would set the tone for the rest of this year. Since I lucked out having my birthday fall on a Friday, I could […]

*This post may include affiliate links. Hi Friends! Coming at ya with another life update post. If you can remember a short bit ago, I opened up about some sensitive issues Ive been working with. I had seriously allergy-based skin issues for, well, ever. Last […]

As soon as we booked our trip to Las Vegas, I started researching surrounding parks for an excursion. I quickly realized that I don’t think I’ve ever actually stepped foot in a desert before, so this would all be new territory for me (literally..). After […]

When I realized that Portugal was known for their surfing, in particular, known for the largest wave surfed ever, I knew I had to jump on the bandwagon…err, board. Ever since I was little, I’ve been drawn to the ocean and was eager to try […]

*This post may include affiliate links. The power of literature goes unmatched. The ability to transport you to an entirely different world as an entirely different person is simply magical. So much so, I spend my day job teaching little minds to love books and […]

If you haven’t checked out our first Portugal stop in Lisbon, click here! You know when you’re scrolling through Pinterest and one of those gorgeous paradise beach pictures shows up of somewhere that couldn’t possibly be real? That pretty much sums up the Algarve Coast. […]

If you’ve been keeping up with my recent instagram stories about Lisbon, you probably already know that Portugal was a last resort destination idea for our annual spring break excursion. Dan and I were in search of some warm weather, or at least a degree […]