Of all the caribbean islands (at least the ones I’ve been to), Saint Lucia is the one that gives off south Pacific vibes the most. Which is exactly why my brother and his now wife chose this island on which to be married a few weeks ago.

Haters gonna hate. But sometimes, despite their stubborn nature, they will realize the error of their ways and set aside their pride to admit that they were indeed, wrong. And so begins the tale of my first visit to Sandals.

(This travel essay, written and photographed by me, was first published on the coastal-based blog, Salt, in January 2016. I’m posting it on my own blog today in honor of the anniversary of the D-Day landings. Please visit www.readsalt.com for more salty tales for salty folks.) On a September morning around sunrise, I rode a train […]

Atlanta is only a 3.5 – 4 hour drive from the sooooouuuuthern gem of a city, Savannah. I’ve always had some dream of being a southern belle living in Savannah, living off of friend chicken and peaches and spending my afternoons perched on a park bench reading a good book. Since I was born a […]

I think the majority of the US cities I’ve traveled to as an adult have been as a result of visiting friends from high school and college whose jobs have taken them to various cities around the country. Grand Junction, Tallahassee, Baltimore, Portland, New York, and as of this past weekend, Atlanta.

When you have Pottery Barn travel dreams, but have a Target budget, sometimes you need to get your fix without traveling too far from home. After chatting one day with my friend Krysta of Norman Photo + Paperie, she suggested that I create a blog series about my local day trips in order to fill […]

On Wednesday, I tagged along with my husband for a work trip up to Boston for the day. Before moving to Virginia, we lived in Massachusetts for a little over four years, and I hadn’t been back to the city (or seen our former co-workers) since we moved five and a half years ago. It […]