Spring Break Ideas that will Leave You Rejuvenated (For Real!)

WRITTEN BY Julie

What spring break ideas do you have this year? Are they all filled with idyllic images of lazy beach days and perfect sunsets? Or do you dread the idea of packing up the family for a long drive of mild carsickness and...

asheville weekend A sign in the window of an Asheville gift shop.

02.14.17

The Best and Worst Decisions We Made in Asheville

WRITTEN BY Julie

By now we’ve established a few basic facts about Julie and Drew, the travelers: We are pretty terrible tourists, rarely visiting the ‘must see’ anything We nearly always create detailed eating itineraries,...

best things to do in charleston: the 500 year old Angel Oak on Johns Island

02.09.17

Charleston’s Charms

WRITTEN BY Julie

I always knew that I would like Charleston. Something about the historic sprawling homes, abundance of fresh oysters, warm weather and pimento cheese spread speaks to me at a very deep level. If anything, I worried...

02.03.17

The Best Things To Do In Bloomington, Indiana

WRITTEN BY Julie

People visit Bloomington for a variety of reasons. For most, the university is the draw. With nearly 50,000 students, faculty and staff, Indiana University can’t help but attract visitors of many types. Some...

01.31.17

On Not Waiting

WRITTEN BY Julie

I’ve been thinking a lot about ‘waiting’ recently and have decided that it’s dangerous business. Waiting is a state in which we, humans, inevitably find ourselves from time to time. Waiting for the year...

01.27.17

Corners of the Internet #21

WRITTEN BY Julie

Well, friends, we’ve made it to yet another weekend. Three cheers to Friday mornings at 10am, my favorite time of the week. At 10am on Friday, the full weekend stretches out in all its glory, and Monday morning...

Plan a Road Trip: budget and resources for a Southern US road trip

01.20.17

Southern US Road Trip: Budget & Resources

WRITTEN BY Julie

It feels like just yesterday we were writing a similar summary about our Balkans Road Trip. It’s been a season of road trips around here, a travel format that took us way too long to discover. Now we just can’t get...

01.16.17

The Insatiable Charm of New Orleans

WRITTEN BY Julie

All of our photos of New Orleans are of houses. I want to use lots of cliched words about the houses in New Orleans – colorful, charming, grand, just a little off-kilter. But it’s not the colorfulness of...