Hi friends, welcome back to my Italy series. After a peaceful hour exploring Villa Cimbrone, Jon and I made our way back to the center of Ravello. It's a very tiny and quiet town with a main square, souvenir shops, and restaurants lining the streets. It seemed the ratio of pottery stores to residents was…
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Ravello – Villa Cimbrone
Hi friends, welcome back to my Italy series! On our first full day in Positano, we planned to take the ferry to see the gorgeous villas in Ravello. We headed to the port only to find out our planned ferry had been cancelled. We ran up all the stairs to try to catch the bus…
Florence – Piazza Michelangelo & Ponte Vecchio
Hi friends, welcome back to my Italy series! After checking into our hotel and having our first Italian meal, it was time to explore Florence. You never would’ve guessed it was hailing and nasty earlier because the sun came out and it felt like a brand-new day. I immediately fell in love with the quaint…
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West Side Community Garden NYC
Hi friends, welcome back! I was scrolling Instagram last week and a video of a garden I'd never heard of on NYC's Upper West Side caught my eye. The garden is called the West Side Community Garden and located on 89th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Ave. It’s a few blocks from Central Park so…
Newport, Rhode Island – Rosecliff Tour
Hi friends, welcome back to my Newport, Rhode Island series! On our last day of the trip, we grabbed coffee from The Picnic and then headed to tour Rosecliff Mansion. This mansion was built in 1899 by Nevada silver heiress Theresa “Tessie” Fair Oelrichs and sits on twenty-one oceanfront acres. Her father discovered the “Comstock…
Montreal, Canada – Montreal Botanical Garden
Hi friends, welcome back to the conclusion of our long weekend in Montreal! I saved the best for last, especially if you are reading this on a drab winter day. The following morning was a Monday, so Jon headed into his office and I grabbed coffee from La Finca and headed to the Montreal Botanical…
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NYBG Holiday Train Show & Glow – 2022
Hi friends, welcome back! I’m crossing another item off my NYC Christmas Bucket List, the New York Botanical Train Show! For over thirty years the New York Botanical Garden has transformed into a winter wonderland featuring model trains and over 190 replica NYC landmarks made entirely of natural materials. NYBG GLOW is also back and…
London – Kensington Palace & Gardens
Hi friends, welcome back to my Paris and London Anniversary series 🙂 After exploring Notting Hill and taking a milkshake break, we headed to Kensington Palace. I wanted to see if we could get a glimpse of the front entrance, so we walked down Kensington Palace Gardens, one of the most exclusive and expensive streets…
Paris – Rodin Museum
Hi friends, welcome back to my Paris and London Anniversary series 🙂 Hard to believe this is my second to last post about our time in Paris! On our final full day, we spent the morning with our photographer taking pictures near the Eiffel Tower, ate breakfast at our hotel, and then headed to the…
Paris – Luxembourg Gardens & Eglise Saint-Eustache
Hi friends, welcome back to my Paris and London Anniversary series 🙂 Jon and I were supposed to have our anniversary pictures this morning, but due to inclement weather, we postponed them until the following morning. This was the only day of slightly bad weather the whole trip so we got very lucky! We took…
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