Disclaimer: The following post is sponsored by adidas. As always, all opinions expressed are genuinely my own. Happy April everyone! Spring is in the air! The above freezing weather has been feeling nice, hasn't it? While I was in the midst of really cold winter temperatures a few months ago, I booked a trip to the Turks & Caicos Islands for a tropical getaway. My husband and I love staying super active and being outdoors a lot when we travel, and this trip was such a glorious mix of our favorite things. With spring break coming up soon for all of you students, parents, and educators, I thought I'd share the ways that I kept up with a healthy lifestyle while on my recent vacation. I hope that these serve as ideas for how you can feel healthy and strong during your ... [Read More]
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5 Tips for Road Tripping with a Dog
"Life is short and the world is wide." I adore traveling, and I'm obsessed with my dog.... but rarely do I combine the two. Typically when I travel, my pup goes off to play at the "pet resort" with her friends. Considering my dog gets anxious in new environments and isn't great in the car, I find that it's usually easier to leave her at her normal kennel spot (and I've got the pet resort bills to prove that I do this often!). However, when my husband and I moved 3,000 miles from California to the northeast in August/September, we elected to send all of our stuff in a pod and drive my car cross-country - our pup in tow. I was a bit nervous for our sanity with having our dog in the car with us for 45 hours, but we survived! Harley also became a much better passenger during the ... [Read More]
4 Places to Go Wine Tasting in Temecula
When I first moved to Southern California, I was pretty excited to live just a short drive away from the San Diego area's wine region, known as Temecula Valley. I would bring visiting family and friends there to go gallivanting around the area's wineries tasting wine, noshing on snacks, listening to live music, and enjoying the beautiful wine country scenery. This year, Temecula celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first commercial vineyard. These days, over 40 wineries exist in the small region. It's just a drive away for residents of San Diego, Los Angeles, and Orange County, so it's a popular spot for city dwellers to have a weekend country getaway. In fact, my husband and I visited Temecula in August for my birthday, and we've spent weekends there for our anniversary and ... [Read More]
My 25 Favorite Experiences Road Tripping from San Diego to New York
A month ago, I left my home in the San Diego area to road trip 2,800+ miles to New York with my husband and dog. I talk about it more in this post, but we moved back to the east coast where A and I are originally from after almost a decade living in beautiful Cali, and are currently looking for our next home in coastal CT. It's pretty wild to check out the complete route on a map - It's a LONG trip! Being the adventurer that I am, I had no intentions of driving for days nonstop to get to our destination. Rather, I wanted to take our time making our way out and make it fun. When we moved out to the west coast we took a more northern route, so this time we opted to take a more southern route to get to see some places we've never visited before. Admittedly, our timing was not ... [Read More]
10 of My Favorite Things to Do in San Diego
When I moved to San Diego, I immediately fell in love with the area for its beauty and all that there is to see and do. From gorgeous beaches to majestic mountains, the area has it all. With so many pockets of awesome areas throughout San Diego County, you can be here for years and still have so much to see... I know that was the case for me! Even after living there for over 7 years, I feel like I left without exploring every area. Even so, I know that one thing is for sure: I took full advantage of living in San Diego and was constantly having fun. I wanted to be able to leave one day saying that I lived it up in beautiful California, whether that meant exploring the beaches, eating my way through the city, taking road trips through the state up the coast, or trekking through as ... [Read More]
10 Memorable Experiences in Kauai {sun, sand, trails, eats, drinks & more!}
While I was planning a recent getaway to Kauai, I was envisioning a relaxing escape with beautiful beaches, awesome outdoor activities and friendly Hawaiian people. Kauai was exactly what I had hoped it would be, and once we arrived, I quickly fell in love with the island! Nicknamed "the Garden Isle" due to the majority of it being covered with tropical rainforest, Kauai has a population of just 65,000 people (and many more wild roosters roaming everywhere you turn!). I really got the sense that the people from there are proud of their island, and I love how connected they are to the land that they call home. That respect for the earth, love for the ocean, and pride in eating local food and supporting local business is something that I think is missing from much of mainland America ... [Read More]
