• Airplane travel tips and tales of woe

    tiny plane

    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 […]

  • Meteor Crater and the Desert View Watchtower

    desert view watchtower

    We had originally planned to go to the Petrified Forest on our second full day in northern Arizona, but we didn’t get to see everything on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon the first day, so we decided to check out Meteor Crater and then drive up a different road, through the Navajo reservation, […]

  • Grand Canyon colors

    grand canyon at dusk

    One of the main things we wanted to do when we drove from DC to California was stop and visit the Grand Canyon. Toby had never seen it, and I was in fourth grade the last time I saw it. But our moving truck arrived earlier than planned, so while we did get to drive […]

  • Vail and Eagle, Colorado

    mountains in colorado

    Labor Day weekend is just a few days away, and I hope you all have fun plans! AAA is predicting that nearly 35 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles from their house for the holiday — the most for Labor Day weekend since 2008. I know a ton of people hit the beach for […]

  • Fab Fave Friday: San Diego Zoo

    gorilla at the San Diego Zoo

    Jen’s note: Fab Fave Friday is a recurring feature in which I highlight some of my favorite things — in all sorts of categories. Today’s category is San Diego tourist attractions. In addition to being classy (obviously), San Diego is a major tourist destination. The weather here is basically perfect year-round, the beaches are gorgeous, and […]

  • A very Disney weekend

    Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y  M-O-U-S-E! If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed that Toby and I went to Disneyland last weekend. We’re a little obsessed.   We had been wanting to go for a weekend since I got back from Afghanistan, but rain […]

  • What I wore in Afghanistan

    I didn’t really take any “outfit photos” in Afghanistan, because, well… that would have been kinda weird. I also didn’t bring any actual cute outfits. But, because this is at least partially a fashion blog, I thought I should show you at least a little of what I wore. I got some not-too-tight jeans at […]

  • London calling

    What do you wear when you’re going on an overnight flight from warm San Diego to not-so-warm London?   -> I decided to go with cashmere, black jeans and trainers (as the Brits call them). And, of course, a giant bag to carry all my stuff! I brought several books with me (I’m halfway through […]

  • San Francisco sightseeing

    Lest you think all we did in San Francisco was shop and drink tea (sounds like my normal day…), I wanted to share some of our other photos and activities from our trip. The first night in town, we ate dinner at Wayfare Tavern — Tyler Florence’s restaurant. We started with deviled eggs, then I […]

  • Centre homecoming

    As I mentioned, we went to Kentucky this past weekend for Toby’s homecoming. It was actually the first time I’ve seen his alma mater — we’ve been wanting to go, but hadn’t been able to until this year, when one of his good friends was being inducted into Centre’s athletic hall of fame. I was […]