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Sharing a sweet little look at Dollywood all decked out for the holidays. Grief is a strange beast. Sometimes it renders you unable to move in its wake – and sometimes it drops you at Dollywood. My grandmother loved Dolly Parton, and all she wanted for her birthday this year was for our family to …
Some snaps from a recent trip to San Francisco – and a list of my favorite places.
Wherever you are in the world, no matter how or if you celebrate, we wish you all the best on this Christmas Day. Take time today to enjoy the gifts of life and love with those around you. I’m signing off for the day to be fully present with my family, but I’ll see you …
My “year of Florida travels” continues! …sort of. Michael and I savored our only weekend at home during the month of September, which meant we needed to squeeze another Florida destination somewhere else on the calendar. Thankfully our flight to Europe was booked out of Miami, and who am I to deny these perfectly-aligned circumstances? …
Whether you’re celebrating something today or not, no matter where you are in the world, I wish you all the best. Nothing, not gifts, not trips, not “stuff,” is more important than spending time with those you love. Take time today to celebrate life with those around you; I’ll see you on Thursday!
After I graduated college, my dad and my stepmom moved up to a small town near Atlanta, Georgia, not too far from a place where I lived with my mom and dad when I was a baby.
A few Fridays ago, we made the long drive down to Miami to visit the enrollment center for the Global Entry program. When you live in Florida, you are expected to have traveled to every major part of the state, but the truth is, neither Michael nor I have really spent time in Miami. But …
As part of the application process for the US Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry Program, we had to attend an in-person interview at one of their Enrollment Centers. None of the airports near us had weekend hours, and the thought of sacrificing a vacation day to visit during the week didn’t sit well, so …