The holidays may be coming to an end, but someone’s birthday is fast approching! (For me, we celebrate the Epiphany, so my gift-giving season is not quite over yet!) You know what that means! Racking your brain trying to come up with the perfect gifts for your loved ones. Sometimes making a list is difficult; …
Mexico: A Cultural Experience in Cancun–Wedding of Catrina and Catrin
For me, Cancun has always been the Spring Break location preferred by a lot of my friends in College. It had never been a place that screamed I needed to go. Then again, neither did any part of Mexico. You can read my first experience in Mexico here: “You’ve NEVER been to Mexico?!”, where I fell …
Hidden Hindu Temple in…Bartlett, Illinois?
I decided it was time to go somewhere. I haven’t traveled in a few months and I’ve gone into a slump. Sure, it may just have been 3 months, but to me it feels like a lifetime! In the past couple of months things have definitely changed at work. So what is my biggest stress …
24 Hours in Seattle
Of course, it was supposed to be 48 hours, but flying standby sometimes doesn’t work the way you want it to. I got delayed leaving Milwaukee, but when the plane took off I got on the flight and spent the night in Denver. Just trying to find a place that was within my budget, close …
6 Tips For Booking Your Perfect AirBnB
1. Research the area where the Air BnB is. Are there any restaurants, shops, or anything to do? Is it in a good area? Is it close to the reason you’re there? For example, if I’m wanting to party the every night in Waikiki, I’m not going to stay in Kaneohe. (I mean, let’s be honest–I …
My First Love: An Island that has been Destroyed
When I was a child I fell in love with an Island, my first Island. I fell in love with the humidity that frizzed my wavy hair into curls, I fell in love with the family I had just met, I fell in love with the ocean. From that first time, I knew that my …
“You’ve NEVER been to Mexico?!”
This is the response I get constantly when Mexico comes up. I know Mexico very well; hotel, resorts, restaurants, places to go around town, things to do, etc. But yet I have never gone. Mexico was one of those Spring Break-y places, people went to to go get drunk, and where people got married. I’m …
Weekend Beach Getaway: MIA Style
Sometimes all you need to get your mind straight is a short beach getaway. Especially between the holidays. Every one is a bit stressed, family coming, cleaning, sleeping arrangements, money, weather, end of the quarter, end of the year, end of the semester, whatever it is! It’s exhausting. One of my bests and I decided …
What I Wish I Knew About Traveling Solo
I absolutely LOVE traveling solo. It’s a completely different type of Freedom that I never thought I would have. And that I never want to lose. It’s natural to become completely terrified before the adventure begins, but when you finally get there, after the terror milds, you get this moment of invincibility and power. A …
My Top 8 Must-Have Travel Items
1. External Battery (Fully charged) I don’t know where I would be without this. As much as I enjoy getting lost in a new place, I do enjoy being able to get back to wherever home is. I’m guilty of using my phone as my camera, my GPS. Yes, I Snapchat, Facebook Live, Instagram Live, …