• 2021 Recap & Goals for 2022

    2021 Recap & Goals for 2022

    What a year! This year felt so much better than the last two. Despite having another variant circulating, flights being canceled and it dumping snow in the PNW, this was one of the best holiday seasons I’ve had in a…

  • Day Designer Mini Planner Review

    Day Designer Review: Mini Paper Planner

    Can you believe it’s already time to buy a new planner? Does anyone else remember how we all put ours on a back shelf, in the trash or lost our 2020 planners? 2020 was a wild ride and something that…

  • What I’m Thankful For This Year

    Happy belated Turkey Day, everyone! This year is a bit of a hodgepodge year for my family. My youngest sister and brother host dinner yesterday and, now that my middle sister is in the great state of Washington, we’re all…

  • Hiking Annette Lake, WA Wooden Path

    21 Things Women Talk About On The Trail

    On my last hike, with a best friend, I noticed how quickly our topics of conversation changed. We’re at such a crazy time in our lives right now but the bouncing of subject matters had me cracking up. So, I…

  • September 2021 Round Up

    Oh mon amies, this life has been crazy-busy this month. With work, and trying to figure out if I’m going to last another winter in Seattle, my life has been filled with stress and anxiety. Last week I made a…

  • Secrets to Finding the Perfect Airbnb // Allison of On the Trip Side

    8 Ways to get Over Post Travel Depression

    Hello, my friends! I’ve been wanting to write this post for a long time because I experience depression after I come home from any travel. It’s very rare when I’m more excited to be home than not. In fact… I…

  • 23 Things I Miss About New York

    This summer wasn’t my favorite in Seattle. The whole season, I was thinking about my annual trip to New York when I was a kid. My Mom would drop me off at the PDX gate and my Aunt would pick…

  • UPGARDEN P-PATCH Seattle

    10 Reasons to Travel in Your Own City

    Well, my friends, there is something to be said for traveling local. Sure, a weekend away or a change of scenery sounds pretty nice but this post is here to give you 10 Reasons to Travel in Your Own City…