Texas Tulips San Antonio is now open! I’m a huge flower fanatic and I’ll travel large distances to see beautiful blooms blossoming. But if you don’t have it in your budget to visit Holland this spring to see the tulips in bloom, you can now visit beautiful fields just down the road in Texas! Hop … Continue reading
United just launched a direct flight to the Reno-Tahoe airport from Houston, so you can now reach this desert city year round. I spent three days exploring Reno, Carson City and Tahoe and feel so invigorated from my times in the mountains and on the lake shores. This Weekend Guide to Reno-Tahoe contains highlights from … Continue reading
Whew, what a year, guys. So many new and exciting things happened in 2018 — new bars, music venues, happy hours, etc. Here’s what we got most excited about that either just came to town or that we discovered. Tell us your 2018 favorites in the comments! Brunch spot Poitin You may have forgotten, but … Continue reading
We’ve got the whole great food thing in common with our Sister City of Leipzig. Every day we spent exploring the town was a day very well fed. Here are some of our favorites for you to drool over! Viet Village We found this cozy, neighborhood eatery just south of the city center completely by … Continue reading
For the second stop of my grand 10-day tour of Morocco, I spent a few days in Marrakech. Heaven forbid you’re in the city for less than two days because there’s so much to see and soak in! Click here to see my other Moroccan other travel guides. Day 1 Morning in Marrakech Without even … Continue reading
Chicago is a huge and diverse city — every time I visit, I have a different experience. I’ve celebrated Christmas at the Christkindlmarket, played in the snow, watched the river get dyed green and bottomless brunched in the spring. Safe to say, I’m a huge fan and take every opportunity to grab a cheap flight … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I made a fabulous mid-winter trip to the glamorous and art-filled Palm Springs, California for the 2018 Altitude Summit. I represented It’s Not Hou It’s Me and networked with small business owners, designers, photographers, bloggers, sponsors and creatives of all sorts at the overflowing-with-color Saguaro Hotel. I spent most of my … Continue reading
Island life is great. The drinks are a flowin and the apps are a comin. The one downside (or upside, depending on how you look at it) is that shipping food to islands is expensive, so sometimes eating out is cheaper and more cost efficient than going to the grocery store! For me, that’s a … Continue reading
The first time I heard about Belize was on an episode of House Hunters or something like that on HGTV, which is just constantly on in the background at my apartment. A couple was trying to buy THEIR OWN ISLAND for like half a million dollars, which I found incredible that you, like, don’t have … Continue reading
Not sure how it took me this long to make it to France, but I finally did earlier this year for the first time! Going through pictures, tickets, maps and odd souvenirs is really making the nostalgia kick-in. But here I am, writing about my week of adventures in Paris! Here are 10 things that … Continue reading