Stop, Drop, and Watch – Five Reasons Why “Emily in Paris” is Everything You Need and More During Quarantine

"Emily in Paris" on Netflix is the perfect way to escape quarantine - if only for a minute! Here are 5 reasons to binge-watch this show.

Embracing the Unknown: How to Survive a Success Story in Progress

Okay, y'all. I just spent the weekend at the most incredible design conference. It was incredible in many capacities, including the incredible odds I ended up there at all. (I'm not a designer by trade, and who goes to design conferences when they aren't a designer?! ...me, apparently.) But things fall in place the way …

30 Things to Do Before You’re 30

If I've learned anything throughout the years, it's how fast the years go by. It seems like just yesterday I was entering college as a little baby freshman, not knowing who I was or where the next four years would take me.  Now, as I stare at a six-month gap between the here-and-now and the …

When Singleness Isn’t Your Gift (But it is Your Present)

I'm terrible at being single. Not in an "oh, I have to have a boyfriend," "as soon as one relationship ends, I'm in another one," "I couldn't be a single girl if I tried," kind of way. I'm terrible at being single more in a "why have I been single for 63 years and I'm …

Swimming, Sunburns, and Saying Goodbye – DAY THIRTEEN

Today was our last day in Vienna.  I'm not excited about it. It was a long day to be sure. We took the train last night from Venice to Vienna.  Sleeping was no easier the second time around, although apparently I was the first to fall asleep, uncomfortable as I was.  On the trip to …

A Day in Venice – DAY TWELVE

As I write from the window seat of a water taxi, flowing through the canals of Venice, I feel strangely disconnected from the city and the life here. It's strange-- I have felt part of every other city so far. Perhaps it's the half-hour bus ride out of Venice to our Airbnb separating me from …

The End – DAY FIFTEEN

I'm currently listening to "A Candle's Fire" by Beirut, which is always guaranteed to get me in my feels and which I listened to on repeat after returning home from France last year, so I may or may not start crying while writing this post.  I'll keep you posted.  (Feel free to listen to Beirut's …

From Vienna to Paris to Atlanta – DAY FOURTEEN

Waking up in Vienna, especially in my homestay's flat, is normally a very joyful, exciting experience full of the promise of a new day and the possibility of adventure. However, today as I woke up, a somber feeling filled the room. I was acutely aware that it was my last morning in Vienna. I turned …

An Italian Nightmare – DAY ELEVEN

You know how sometimes you've had something planned out for months and months and it still somehow manages to get messed up the day of? Yeah.  We get that, too. After winning an award for the World's Worst Night of Sleep Ever, I wiped the sleep from my eyes and helped lug luggage off the train …

The Sound of Music Tour in Austria – DAY NINE

Growing up, The Sound of Music was a big deal in my family.  It was my grandmother's favorite movie and one that my mom loves a lot, too.  We would watch it often and sing the songs together.  It was the absolute raddest thing to be able to visit the places that the movie features, like …