• Tips for shopping the Lilly Pulitzer After Party Sale

    Shopping the Lilly Pulitzer After Party Sale

    While Lilly Pulitzer stores almost always have a few items on sale in the back, the brand only puts sale merchandise online twice a year. They call it the After Party Sale, and it’s kind of insane… but also totally worth it if you’re a fan of the brand. Since the sale starts really soon […]

  • Airplane travel tips and tales of woe

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    The day after my 16th birthday, I got on a plane by myself, headed from Baltimore to Phoenix. At the time, there weren’t any direct flights from BWI to PHX, so we were flying through Philadelphia or Columbus or somewhere. There were at least 20 passengers and three flight attendants on the flight who were […]

  • Cooper River Bridge Run, and tips for your first race

    My grandfather recently turned 90, and my family decided to go celebrate with him in Charleston, S.C. And, since it happened to be the same weekend as the Cooper River Bridge Run (a 10K that includes a two-mile bridge connecting Charleston to Mount Pleasant), we decided to run it.   My brother, Scott, was in […]

  • Cookie-baking tips

    I have been baking a lot of cookies lately, getting ready for Eat Swim Shop’s 12 days of Christmas cookies (Get excited!!!). But I know some of you have probably already started baking, so I wanted to give you a few cookie baking tips. **If you if you need a good cookie recipe before Tuesday, […]