Full-time marketer, based in Minneapolis. Part-time writer, based in my basement.
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. (And yes, we saw a bear on day one.) GSMNP is a huge park with [...]
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 [...]
If you're anything like me, now's the time you are planning your 2020 trips and celebrating the new year by booking a flight (#newyearsameme). If you need a quick fix, here are some fun weekend trips I love. Falmouth or Martha's Vineyard / Cape Cod, Massachusetts When we visited Cape Cod, we opted for the [...]
2019 was an amazing year of travel, even more so for adventures in the outdoors. With our adventures came many, many good hikes that I can't wait to (try to) beat in 2020. Here are some of my favorites! Three Sisters Falls // Southern California I think the was the most intense "reverse" hike I've [...]
Over the past few months, I've been looking for a good way to document all my adventures. My blog is a great place in a digital sense, but I always like to have a physical memory of a place to save and look through. So – I'm super excited to share my newfound way of [...]
This is the full excerpt from my Travel Diary, which I'll be posting a review of in the coming weeks! ----- Our adventure began on Tuesday, July 2, when we piled into Nic's Ford Escape and started our 12+ hour drive. We found a list of 101 unique questions to ask on a road trip [...]
