A Fuller Existence

Around Town: Corning, NY

When people often think about traveling, they picture packing up the car for an epic road trip or jetting off to the airport. I’m here to tell you that traveling for hours on end is not a requirement to explore and have new adventures. Enter — the day trip. Not only are they budget friendly, but…

Alaska Vacations: How to Plan Your Dream Trip

Now that the excitement of our Alaska vacation has settled, I thought about things that I did to help make planning this trip easier. Although I originally imagined we’d take a cruise, a simple comment from my husband got me to thinking that we should plan the trip ourselves, making it truly unique. Couple that…

Book Roundup: Summer 2018

Howdy folks! For those of you who wondered why I haven’t posted a book roundup in a while,  that’s because I took my hubby’s suggestion of doing one big post for the summer. So you’ll get everything I read in June, July, and August in one awesome post! I definitely fell short in terms of what I…

Alaska Vacation: A Budget Breakdown

It’s been a little over a month since we returned from our Alaska vacation and I finally sat down to reconcile my bank statement against my credit card bill. Not only is this for my records, but also to share with you fine folks. One of my main goals in starting this blog was to show…

Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House: An Inside First Look

Ah…Guinness Draught. Just say the name and your brain likely conjures up images of leprechauns and shamrocks while “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” begins playing in your head. Well, take that — all of it — and throw it out the window. After all, we’re in Maryland, baby! The Past What you might not know is that…

Planes, Trains & Automobiles: A 14 Day Alaskan Itinerary

Here it is, two weeks since we’ve returned from Alaska and I’m finally trying to put my thoughts down. Given all that we saw and did during our trip, I honestly didn’t know where to start. Do I talk about the food? Because I can easily say that the meals we had were above and…

Book Roundup: May 2018

May always seems to be a busy month for us, but holy guacamole…this month was over in the blink of an eye! I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Women In Travel Summit during the first week of May and it seems like it took me an inordinate amount of time to…

Book Roundup: April 2018

As I sit here to write the intro to this book post, I’m struggling to wrap my head around the fact that I’ve read some of these books just a month ago. It seems like it’s been forever! I guess that’s partly due to April being such a busy month. Thankfully, the crazy busyness is…

Women in Travel Summit : A First-Timers Guide & Tips

Here it is, barely 24 hours after I left Quebec City from my first travel conference and I’m sitting down at the keyboard. While I wish I could’ve taken a full day to recover (i.e., sleep in, unpack and look over all the business cards and brochures I received), I was back to work at…