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I frequently highlight small businesses in my travel guides, so I figured it’s finally time to share some of my home city’s best local shops and boutiques! Charlotte is home to nearly every major retailer (although, famously, not Zara) – but those shops receive enough attention as it is, so this post isn’t going to …
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 …
Salisbury, North Carolina: Home of Food Lion and Cheerwine (and you, for the day!).
Everything I packed for a fall weekend in Durham, North Carolina.
Rounding up all the best things to see, do, and eat in Durham.
An honest review of Unscripted Durham, a boutique hotel in the heart of downtown Durham, North Carolina.
Opening up my suitcase and sharing a late-summer packing list for a weekend getaway to Paducah, Kentucky.
Sharing your essential weekend guide to a creative city in Western Kentucky: Paducah As a weekend travel enthusiast, I am always thrilled when a new direct route is announced at my hometown airport – doubly so when that route turns out to have those magical Friday evening to Sunday afternoon flight times. So when it …
Sharing an honest review of the log cabin at the Azalea Garden Inn in Blowing Rock, North Carolina As I hit publish on this post, it’s 93°F in my home city of Charlotte, North Carolina. But in Blowing Rock, just two hours away? It’s a perfect 72°F. The mountains call me frequently in the fall, …
Sharing everything I packed in my carry-on for a weekend in Nashville, Tennessee, for my girlies who don’t own cowboy boots One of the perks of running a blog is having the ability to look back more closely at the clothes you once traveled with. When packing for a recent celebration weekend away in Nashville, …