S did something real cute last week and surprised us with tickets to a local tulip farm that casually turned out to be the largest tulip farm on the east coast 🤯.
Read MoreAugust always feels like the last gasp of summer! Days burnt by relentless sun and the hum of cicadas always come to mind. It was a first for me to travel to the Outer Banks in August, and there is a bit of a oxymoron when vacation is timed with the end of summer.
Read MoreThe rocky coasts of Maine get more and more dramatic — more and more rugged — with each passing mile “down east.” This road trip was one of our longest treks, and each day was an adventure bringing new smells, sights, sounds and of course inspiration!
Read MoreThe Outer Banks is refreshingly the same as I remembered! Very little has changed since my last adventures there. It’s fitting to let nature do all of the changing - the shifting of inlets, barrier island, sandbars - because the naturalness of this place is my favorite thing about it.
Read MoreThis trip was a product of a spontaneous decision we made back in September, after the first few days of school were trying and seemed impossible. After an “I’ve had it!” kind of day, I went home to visit mom, and we just kinda…well, booked a trip to Virginia.
Read MoreLBI 2019 was one of my favorite vacations in the house where we stay. It lived up to all of my hopes and expectations: ice cream cones, late night lightning storms, foggy mornings, and an abundance of ships to be spotted out at sea. This could be said of any place…but traveling to the coast inspires such a wanderlust and curiosity in me, always has.
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