Happy Black Friday. I hope it was a wonderful Thanksgiving for those of you celebrating. And if it wasn’t, I see you too. Some years are like that and I’ve had my fair share of them. I spent Thanksgiving in Florida with Finn, my parents and my grandmother. I was thinking back yesterday while chatting [...]
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Charlotte To Florida: Go And Rest
August 31, 2023 { 8 comments }Welcome friends. I am cozied up on my grandmother’s couch writing this post and feeling grateful to be here for this last week of August. This Dreamy Vibes playlist on Spotify is perfect for a full moon night and winding down a crazy month. The first thing to share is that we are safe and [...]
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Five Nights In Florida
March 6, 2023 { 10 comments }Happy Monday friends! Finn and I were on the first flight back to Charlotte this morning after spending five wonderfully soul-nurturing and fun nights in Florida with my family. Our last visit was for Christmas and that seems both not so long ago and forever ago at the same time. I always know it’s time [...]
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The Best MDW in Florida
June 2, 2022 { 2 comments }We arrived home our Memorial Day weekend in Florida on Tuesday morning. I edited all of the photos for this post on our flight home but I’m just getting a chance to sit down and write it. Our flight back to Charlotte was at 7a on Tuesday and that is early, early for us! The [...]
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Early Birthday Celebration Weekend in Florida
April 6, 2022 { 99 comments }I am settled back at home after the sweetest long weekend in Florida with my grandmother and Finn. While my heart always aches when we have to leave, I always arrive back in Charlotte feeling full of gratitude and with my priorities fine tuned. Backstory: I have been trying to get us down to Florida [...]
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Our Christmas Weekend In Florida
December 28, 2021 { 25 comments }It’s our final night in Florida (which is a bonus night…more on that later in this post) and my grandmother and Finn are sleeping. I should be doing the same but I want to capture our Christmas weekend while I am still in it. This time has been exactly what I needed on many levels [...]
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Happy Place
March 11, 2021 { 7 comments }Good morning friends. I’m back in Charlotte after a great trip to Florida with Finn to visit my family. I’m working in my office with the widows open and Benji boy keeping me company. Zoey has opted to sunbathe outside. I’m happy to report that Zoey’s skin rash/infection is healing so well and she’s been [...]
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A Sunny Saturday
March 6, 2021 { 22 comments }I’m so excited to share that we are enjoying a sunny Saturday morning in FLORIDA! We canceled our fall and holiday trips due to COVID precautions. While I am so relieved that we did because Finn and I both ended up getting COVID during that time and it was just the right thing to do, [...]
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Beach Week
July 10, 2020 { 1 comment }Happy Friday friends. I hope it’s been a great week for you. I have been soaking up all the family + beach time. I’ve been on my computer a good bit for behind the scenes work stuff but have mostly taken a pause from blogging this week. I’m all suited and sunscreened up to take [...]
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Temporary Relocation
July 6, 2020 { 8 comments }Hi there. I have changed locations since you last heard from me on the Fourth of July. :) More on that in a second but here’s a quick overview of my super low-key holiday. After publishing my last blog post, I had my car washed, cleaned up around the house, did a driveway workout (details [...]
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Happiness
March 28, 2019 { 6 comments }Hello! Tomorrow is Friday and I am just getting a chance to sit down and share this post with the highlights of our long weekend in Florida. To say that I hit the ground running in Charlotte would be an understatement. It has been an absolutely insane two days and I’m flying out to PA [...]
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Mother’s Day Weekend In Florida: Yoga, Burgers, Beach, Run
May 17, 2017 { 16 comments }I didn’t mean to get so long-winded in my weekend recap! Now that it’s almost Thursday…I think we need to wrap this thing up! :) Let’s pick up on Sunday morning. I woke up naturally around 6 a.m. (that time change!!!) with plenty of time to eat breakfast and get ready to head to Balance [...]
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Mother’s Day Weekend in Florida
May 17, 2017 { 23 comments }I hadn’t seen my family since Christmas so I thought Mother’s Day was the perfect occasion to book a trip to visit. I arrived on Friday evening around 6 p.m. just as a big storm was moving out. My dad picked me up from the airport while my mom prepped one of my favorite dinners [...]
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Resort Review: Zoetry Paraiso de la Bonita Riviera Maya
May 5, 2017 { 23 comments }I think that Cinco de Mayo is the perfect occasion to post my Zoetry Paraiso de la Bonita review. I certainly wish that I was in Mexico’s Riviera Maya sipping on a skinny margarita right now! (photo Zoetry Resorts) We traveled to Zoetry Paraiso de la Bonita back in February for our annual Y2 Yoga [...]
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St. Pete Beach Wedding Recap
April 12, 2017 { 17 comments }I’m a little late on getting the second half of our St. Pete weekend recap to you. I hit the ground running this week after four days away. We have some big and exciting stuff in the works that I can’t wait to share! This wedding was too beautiful not to write about so let’s [...]
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Family Birthday Dinner + Recent Eats at the Beach
June 14, 2016 { 24 comments }I’m packing up to head back to Charlotte after a long weekend visiting my family. It’s been a great few days with lots of good eats so I thought I’d put together a recent eats post for ya while I enjoy one last oceanfront blogging session. The highlight of my trip was a dinner out [...]
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Florida Part Two: Surf & Turf + Birthday Dinner
June 16, 2015 { 23 comments }Not going to lie…while I always love and appreciate seeing my parents, visits home have gotten exponentially more fun and relaxing since they moved to the beach. Prior to moving to Florida they lived in Atlanta for a few years and Houston for a few years before that. Both cities were great to visit but [...]
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Dominican Republic Girl’s Getaway
January 29, 2015 { 35 comments }Hi from the Dominican Republic! I said goodbye to this (growing!) fluff ball on Wednesday morning and headed to the airport to meet up with my girls. It was an easy 3.5 hour direct flight down here. I packed lunch for everyone. PB&Js, grapes, carrots and pretzels. I watched “This Is Where I Leave You” [...]
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My Dad is Going to Food Blog! + Scenes from the Beach
October 14, 2014 { 24 comments }Hi everyone! I hope your week is off to a nice start. It’s been so great to be in Florida with my parents for a few days. I’ve enjoyed the down time, extra sleep, break from teaching/training and being able to help out a little around here. I’ll be sad to go home tomorrow. The most [...]
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Trip Photos + Golden Love + What I’m Reading (GONE GIRL!!!)
May 7, 2014 { 17 comments }I arrived home yesterday sun-kissed, rested and already a little homesick. I’m so thankful for the long weekend I spent with my parents and I’m already planning a return trip to stay longer this summer. I really want to STOP these six month spans between seeing each other. Family is too important. I really love the [...]
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Recent Eats: Home At The Beach
May 6, 2014 { 16 comments }It’s been so nice to be out of my kitchen and in my dad’s…both delicious and inspiring. My dad’s been getting all crazy lately with making homemade bread, pizza dough and even his own yogurt on the regular. I’m going to share all of that in a separate post where I can brag on him. [...]
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Realizing when you need a break. (And letting yourself take one.)
May 4, 2014 { 18 comments }I’m so happy to wake up to this… I really need to think harder about that dream of mine to move to the U.S. Virgin Islands and open a yoga studio/training center. ;) In all seriousness, I want to start off today’s post with an important topic. Realizing when you need a break. (And letting [...]
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Resort Review: Ocean Coral & Turquesa in Puerto Moreles
November 20, 2013 { 7 comments }I am going to torture you a little bit today…I know that cold weather has arrived in most of the country but I’ve got a warm weather resort review to warm you up! Most of you probably remember that I went on a quick long weekend getaway to Mexico in late September. If there is [...]
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Mexico Day Two: A Visit to Zoetry Paraiso de la Bonita
October 1, 2013 { 14 comments }We only had two full days in Mexico so prioritization of activities was key. It was nice that we arrived early enough on Friday to get a half day at the beach in and left late enough on Monday to get in a couple of hours in the morning before packing up and heading out. [...]
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Weekend Getaway: Arrival in Mexico
September 30, 2013 { 33 comments }Hi everyone! I’m currently on my way back to the US after a long weekend in Mexico. I think this was the longest break I’ve had from blogging (three days) since I started this blog. I knew going into the weekend that the hotel had WiFi in the lobby but not the rooms and I [...]
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What I’m Reading + The Best Summer Lunch
July 29, 2013 { 33 comments }Hi there. I’m back in Charlotte where it seems that things are exactly as I left them. I had to get away because I missed my parents and also because I needed a step back. I find that I have to get out of my day-to-day reality sometimes to gain clarity on the big picture. [...]
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Hush Puppy Me
July 28, 2013 { 21 comments }Much like the rest of the summer, Saturday was a cloudy day. My parents said it’s rained almost every day at the beach just like it has in Charlotte. I hung out on the balcony in the morning then went to the farmers market with my parents to get some tomatoes. We swung by Starbucks [...]
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Sunshine and Peach Pie
July 27, 2013 { 7 comments }I’m at the beach with my family. I slept for 10 hours last night and it was that really hard, really restful kind of sleep. I am ready to enjoy my Saturday relaxing but here is a quick look at Friday first. Travel was so easy. All of my flights were not just on time [...]
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Kiawah from my iPhone
June 28, 2013 { 25 comments }I have far too much going on with the conference and beach/pool time to get my memory card out of my camera and edit photos but I want to give you a quick look at my trip so far from iPhone/Instagram! Arrival and welcome bag. The Sanctuary. The beach! Infinity pool overlooking the ocean. Lunch [...]
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A Day in the Vacation Life…
February 26, 2013 { 20 comments }Good morning and happy Tuesday! Some of you have inquired about exactly what this trip is that I’m on. It’s a yoga retreat through the studio back home where I teach and practice. There are 24 of us who traveled down here together to yoga and vacation. Basically, adult spring break. We practice twice a [...]
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A Resetting Of Sorts
October 9, 2012 { 56 comments }I’m currently in route back to Charlotte where a mammoth week of work that will end in my weekend CrossFit Level 1 Course waits for me when I touch down. But I’m pleased to say that I’m approaching it with less anxiety and stress and more confidence and contentment. This trip has been both nice [...]
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Vacation = White Sand, Rainbows And Cake
July 6, 2012 { 32 comments }Vacation day one was a success. I didn’t work out, finished a book in 24 hours, napped on the beach, embraced my natural curls and went out for dinner with crazy hair and ate cake. I thought maybe I would go on a run yesterday morning but then my dad and I went to the [...]
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Bald Head Wedding
June 30, 2012 { 28 comments }Back to reality. Bald Head Island is a little utopia. It really feels like an escape from real life with not a car in sight and everyone getting around in golf carts. There are only a few restaurants and shops on the island and everything moves at a slower pace. I can imagine that it’s [...]
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Bald Head Island
June 28, 2012 { 17 comments }Hello from Bald Head Island! Bald Head Island is a barrier island located right off the North Carolina coast near Wilmington. It’s 5.8 square miles and they do not allow cars on the island – golf carts only. Sullie and I ferried over yesterday afternoon. It was Sullie’s first boat ride and she was so [...]
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Early Mornings
May 18, 2012 { 19 comments }I have crossed the line into full-out “go mode.” Most people would say that I’m in go mode all of the time due to my seeming inability to slow down and propensity to take on as much as possible. I know that I’ve entered a special state of craziness when I start doing things like [...]
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I’m At The Beach
April 20, 2012 { 11 comments }I’m at the beach! It feels so good to see the water. I haven’t been to a beach since late last summer and I think that may be a record for me…far too long! I’m in Hilton Head, South Carolina but not for a relaxing weekend of lounging beachside with drink in hand. Quite the [...]
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Beach Bums
July 30, 2011 { 20 comments }We’re having a great time at the beach with our friends! Lots of beach time. Bocce ball, boogie boarding (= awesome!), naps, chats. Blackened fish sandwich for lunch Friday. Beer-garitas = also awesome. Have you tried these? They are surprisingly tasty! One can of lemon-lime concentrate, one can tequila, two light beers and ice. Perfect [...]
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Hi from Jamaica!!!
May 16, 2011 { 18 comments }Surprise! I’m popping in for a quick hello! Brandon and I knew that our resort offered free wifi before we came but agreed that I would not blog while we were here. We did come to a compromise that I would post one mid-week check in so here I am. :P So far our vacation [...]
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A Relaxing Beach Weekend
April 17, 2011 { 10 comments }Thank you for all the sweet messages about my one year blogging anniversary. I’m excited to kick off year two! We got home from the beach a few hours ago. We had a really nice time with our friends and it was nice to get away and relax. I slept 10 hours last night – [...]
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Operation Storm Survival, Beach, Run and BEAUTIFUL!
August 7, 2010 { 2 comments }Happy weekend from beautiful Wild Dunes Resort in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. I braved extremely hazardous road conditions to get here…and I was by myself. Brandon left earlier in the week for the beach but I had to work so couldn’t leave until after work Friday. My solo road trip started off with a [...]
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Hilton Head Island Weekend in Review
May 23, 2010 { 3 comments }It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me. Brandon and I had a miscommunication about who was packing my laptop for our long weekend in Hilton Head. We were about half way there when I realized that he didn’t bring it. I had a minor freak out but then just decided to enjoy my [...]