When a dear friend invited me to spend the weekend at their cabin in the Pocono Mountains, I didn't hesitate to accept. While I spent a few days in the Adirondacks last summer, this would be a far different experience. I wasn't staying in a hotel across the street from a Dunkin Donuts. I was …
When my friend Maria let it slip that she was talking to her daughters about going to New York with me for my birthday, I was touched and beside myself with excitement. Since moving to Jersey I had been wanting to go to the city. After not making it there to celebrate Christmas, I resolved …
Visiting Gettysburg is not something I ever expected to do. I remember reading about it in school, but quite frankly, it never seemed real to me. Like a lot of other historical places that I've seen and visited since I moved to the east coast, it never felt tangible. Just words, stories and pictures... I …
Life has gotten pretty busy since I've started to settle in to life up here in Jersey. Especially since I'm writing and trying to find a job. But I did have the opportunity last Saturday to drive down the shore with one of my writer friends to Long Beach Island for paddle board yoga. While …
As we drove north through Jersey en route to upstate New York, I started to see the urban industrial side of the state. Quite a contrast to the softer side of Jersey that I've been exposed to so far with the beaches and the country side that is almost an emerald green color and very …
Since we were in upstate New York for the weekend (which I'll write about exploring in a separate post), decided to spend Sunday morning exploring Vermont since I had never been there. Couldn't help but take the opportunity to cross off another one of the 50 states in my travel bucket list! And I was …