Full-time marketer, based in Minneapolis. Part-time writer, based in my basement.
Every Minnesotans complaint is the same: autumn is the best season here, hands down. But it's too short! The weather is a perfect balance of crisp air and sunshine; the foliage is beyond beautiful. Everyone is coming back from their lake homes and vacations, ready to pick apples and break out the scented candles. Making [...]
St. Paul is an area I've always wanted to spend more time in. Living in the west metro of Minneapolis, I had all the excuses in the world not to make it over to St. Paul more. As a surprise last year, my husband took me on a Summit Avenue walking tour, the street in [...]
Utah is a magical state. Northern and central Utah is filled with snowcapped mountains, ski resorts, hot springs and wonderful places to eat and drink. Southern Utah has something totally different to offer – a desert landscape with an abundance of national parks to check out. There are three national parks in particular that are [...]
Do you ever absolutely hate planning trips or vacations? I can't relate. No really, I absolutely love planning things, especially vacations. Schedules make me geek out – even in college, I'd help all my friends come up with their class schedules because the puzzling and moving and planning is my absolute favorite thing. I also [...]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near Knoxville, TN is the most visited national park in the U.S. Not sure if they're counting people or bears, but either way, we were looking forward to exploring it on a beautiful fall weekend. This park is also very large, so a long hike to see and explore as [...]
January was a beautiful month for writing. February was not. Today's post isn't anything more than a rant about writer's block and how our lives are filled with distraction after distraction after distraction. I'm currently reading Untamed by Glennon Doyle. While I usually lean into Brene Brown for all things self help, there are parts [...]
Proof Alliance is a Minnesota-based organization fighting to end fetal alcohol spectrum disorders once and for all. Unfortunately, there's a lot of conflicting information on the internet about drinking during pregnancy, and while no amount of alcohol during pregnancy has been proven safe, mothers around the world aren't sure what to believe. Proof Alliance exists [...]
If you're anything like me, planning a trip is a little break in the madness the past few months have brought. Start planning your next trip – and consider this beautiful, countryside wine country in northern California. Last year, I had the opportunity to visit Sonoma County and I can't stop thinking about the beautiful [...]
This is might be a short one... but a topic that I've always wanted to write about, but never really had the courage or the confidence to put it all on paper. But the rhetoric around the election, COVID and this year just makes it all the more important to know who you are and [...]
In the last few months, my world came to a screeching halt when the world was rocked by COVID-19. (I'm being very dramatic here, as I sit in my cushy suburban home where I started working my full-time job from in March with basically all of the privileges available to protect me.) Either way, the [...]
