If you’ve watched HGTV, strolled through Target, or even just flipped through the news, you’ve likely come across Chip and Joanna Gaines and the Fixer Upper frenzy. Once you’ve binge-watched all five…
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The Best Things to Do in Austin, Texas at Christmas
In Austin, Texas during the holiday season? Get in the spirit with these fun and festive holiday activities, while getting to know Austin at the same time! Christmas Light Show at Mozart’s…
How to Spend a Girls’ Weekend in Chicago, Illinois
My girlfriends and I try to get together once a year. While Adriane, Amy, and Jen are all in the D.C. area, Jamie is in North Carolina and of course, I’m in…
How to Spend Three Days in Boston, Massachusetts
Despite both growing up on the East Coast, neither Alex nor I had ever been to Boston. We’d talked about going from time to time but it just never happened. So when…
How to Spend a Long Weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana
On a warm and sunny Friday morning in late March, we packed up the car, dropped Juno off at puppy camp, and headed for The Big Easy. Southwest and Frontier do have…
The Best Way to Discover the Top Whisky Distilleries in Speyside, Scotland
One of the things on our Scotland Bucket List was to take a tour of the Speyside whisky region. After a lot of research, we settled on a private, full-day experience with Speyside Whisky…
Into the Scottish Highlands
We spent four days in the lovely Speyside area of the Scottish Highlands. Not quite as mountainous as better-known areas of the Highlands, Speyside features rolling hills and open plains, as well as, of course,…
How to Visit the Calanais Standing Stones on Scotland’s Isle of Lewis
It just so happened that one of the things in Scotland I was most desperate to see was also one of the most out-of-the-way to get to. Since reading about and seeing…
Over the Sea to Skye
Google told us it would take about three and a half hours to drive from West Plean House in Stirling to the Mallaig ferry terminal, where we would cross to the Isle of Skye….
How to Spend a Wee Time in Stirling, Scotland
We spent two nights in the Stirling area on our way from Edinburgh to the Isle of Skye, arriving mid-afternoon at our B&B, West Plean House, a beautiful 19th-century manor house on a working farm. Our hostess Hannah showed…