The Mini Getaway Guide

Fall is my favorite time of year to daydream about hitting the road. The air gets crisp, the walks get crunchy, and suddenly I’m ready to romanticize my life like I’m in a travel montage. There’s something about this season that makes me feel like I wandered into a book where the pages smell like…

Sometimes you plan a trip so thoroughly that you can practically see yourself there. Then it gets cancelled, and you’re left with an eerily detailed map of what would have been. That’s what happened here: I was supposed to be in Albany, NY for work, and I had tacked on a three-day mini-getaway to hit…

Welcome to the final installment of my New England road trip series! If you’ve been following along, you know this adventure has already taken me through New Hampshire, Providence, Rhode Island, (Part 1) and into the woods and waters of Rhode Island and Connecticut (Part 2). Part 3 is where the trip winds down. This…

Day two of my New England fall road trip picked up right where Part 1 left off. After a full first day of exploring, I set out again, this time starting with coffee (as all good days should) and ending with a lantern-lit ghost tour in Mystic. In between, I managed to fit in a…

Ah, fall road trips. The air is crisp, the coffee is strong, and your playlist is somehow 87% Fleetwood Mac. If you’ve been daydreaming about colorful leaves, cozy cafés, and little weekend adventures, this is the first post in a series recapping a mini New England road trip I took last year. Think of it…

Not every trip makes it off the “planned” list and into real life. Sometimes they stay in the category of beautiful daydreams, complete with hotel confirmations that never get used and way too many tabs open on Google Maps. This Seattle-to-Portland road trip was one of those. I had the flights booked, the hotels lined…

Let’s set the scene: I dropped my laptop. Not in a “whoops, it slipped a little” kind of way. More like a full, cartoon-style crash landing that ended with a dramatic black screen and me Googling “can I fix this myself” from my phone while silently panicking. Spoiler: I could not. Rather than wallow in…

Kansas City has been on my weekend getaway radar for a while, and it delivered. In just two days, we managed to squeeze in tacos, cocktails, live music, some quality thrift digging, and more than one road trip dance party. It was the kind of visit that didn’t feel rushed but still made the most…