A real-life packing list for a late-summer weekend in Roanoke, Virginia.
Traveling Light: A Packing List for Roanoke, Virginia
Tag: Summer Travel
Traveling Light: Albany, New York Packing List
Everything I packed in my under-the-seat bag for our weekend in Albany, New York
36 Hours in Albany, New York
Considering a quick trip to Albany? Here’s your car-free guide for a fun getaway to New York’s capital city.
A Car-Free Summer Weekend in Chapel Hill, North Carolina – and Everything I Packed
A $30 hotel stay brought us to Chapel Hill… …but it was the charm that kept us occupied during our recent weekend visit. Prior to this visit, we had driven through Chapel Hill exactly once, on our way out to Maple View Farm back in 2019. So it’s safe to say that when in the Triangle, …
Traveling Light: Columbia, South Carolina Packing List
A real-life packing list for a summer weekend in Columbia, South Carolina.
Southern Charm: A Weekend Travel Guide for Columbia, South Carolina
This Southern city is bursting at the seams with unique activities and incredible food.
Traveling Light: A Carry-On Packing List for St. Croix
I have to say, it feels so wonderful to be back sharing packing list posts with you. Travel style is easily one of my favorite subjects – what you place in your suitcase sets the tone for your trip and thus requires careful consideration. Packing is interwoven with the trip-planning process: you have to figure …
Four Days in St. Croix Travel Guide
Back in August, Michael and I took our first flight since the start of the pandemic. We weren’t even planning to travel by air; we were set on doing a mini-road trip to Richmond, Virginia, to celebrate our dating anniversary (13 years – time flies!). But, as I often do when I’m bored, I found …
My Flight Got Canceled and All I Had To Wear Was This Dress
If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen that our three-day weekend getaway unexpectedly turned into a six-day stay in Raleigh thanks to Hurricane Dorian. Due to the unfortunate combination of non-existent federal regulations requiring airlines to support passengers in the event of a cancelation and our decision to fly a budget airline, …
Touring the Triangle: A Long-Weekend Travel Guide for Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina
I nearly titled this post “Troubles in the Triangle,” because it was a rollercoaster of a trip. Not because anything really went wrong in the cities themselves, but because our flights home kept getting canceled, doubling our trip length. But despite moments of panic at the thought of incurring unexpected expenses and trying to handle …