According to my Good Reads tracker, I read 35 books in 2016. That's not nearly as impressive as last year's 59 books ... * but* considering I had a baby halfway through the year and spent a g…
If I could offer just one piece of advice to expectant parents, it would be this: hire a professional photographer to come to your home and take pictures of you and your newborn. Okay, okay ... ther…
Well hello there, my poor neglected blog. Long time no see.
I've been pretty quiet these past few months, but I swear I've had a good excuse! A few days before Christmas, my husband and I go…
Oh, Paris.
Where do I even begin? How can I possibly articulate how it felt like to walk through a city that is arguably the world's most iconic travel destination? To hear the bells of Notre-Dam…
Germany made its way onto my travel bucket list long before I had any idea what a bucket list was. I was young - nine or ten, maybe - and had just finished reading yet another book set in wartime Ber…
2015 was a whirlwind for me that included lots of travel (can you believe I traveled to Las Vegas, Germany, France, Belgium AND the Netherlands this year?!!) and lots of writing. It also included lo…
I've seen these kind of posts pop up on other people's blogs and I've always enjoyed them. It's a neat way to get a quick peek into people's lives … plus, there's also the ad…