Over the years for various reasons my family’s Christmas traditions have faded into distant memories. That’s why I cling now to the few traditions we have left, or rather the new traditions we’ve concocted over the past few years. Growing up Christmases were always at my childhood home in Redding, CT, but now Christmases are […]

I’m so happy to be back in my blogging routine! I missed having a schedule, is that weird? I mean, I’m basically saying I’m happy to being back to my boring life, but after a hectic two weeks and lots of travel it kind of feels good. With that being said, in just a few […]

This LBD from Joie is the perfect holiday dress! I bought it a few years ago, but amazingly I will still able to find it –> here! I rounded up my favorite little black dresses for this holiday season below. The great thing about a black dress is that you can wear it over and […]

Wow, this weekend flew by! I didn’t even do anything this weekend, the majority of Saturday and Sunday were spent just lounging around the house. Aside from that I ran some errands, did some shopping (okay, lots of shopping), and ran my first 5k in 4 years! I was so surprised with how well I […]

I thought I’d test out a few different formats to share my gift guides for easy shopping. Directly below you can click through all the items that I think would make great gifts for your travel-loving friend/family member and then below that you can find my thoughts on my top pics (featured in the collage […]