2020, A Year in Review
Holy hell, what a year. In January, we started off the year with an absolutely lovely trip to Puerto Rico. I can’t even begin to express how wonderful this trip would have been in a normal year, but in the year that this turned out to be, I’ve been so very glad we were able […]
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Biden won. Now what?
I’ve been so impressed with the many ways my politically active friends and neighbors stepped up to help ensure a Biden victory: from writing letters and postcards to phone banking to serving as election workers and poll monitors. It’s been inspiring! So now that the Orange One will be leaving the White House, all is […]
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5 Things I’ll Be Watching For On Amazon Prime Day
This post may contain affiliate links. See our privacy policy for more details. In case you haven’t heard, tomorrow, October 13th, is Amazon’s annual Prime Day. The special annual sale was delayed from the usual summer date because of Covid. But, the sale must go on, and so the annual purchasing-palooza kicks off at midnight […]
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10 Ways You Can Carry on RBG’s Legacy
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg If you’re like me, when you heard the news of RBG’s passing on Friday evening, you felt Dread. Fear. Despair. You realized that one of the only things that had been standing between […]
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8 Completely Unnecessary Things on Amazon That Will Make Your Quarantine Better for Less Than $30
This post may contain affiliate links. So, it’s late August. And the ‘rona still rages. So we stay in our homes and take advantage of the one indulgence life still affords us: retail therapy from Amazon. Below, you’ll find 8 things that we’ve ordered recently on Amazon that are both completely unnecessary and yet utterly […]
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35 *NEW* Ways to Entertain Yourself in Quarantine
This post may contain affiliate links. So, we’ve all now been “locked down” in most of the US for just over three months. And while some people and some states (like Texas) decided to “re-open” months ago, that foolishness is now paying off in the form of the highest daily numbers of new COVID infections […]
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5 “Recommended” Quarantine Date Ideas for Married Couples — And What You Should Do Instead
So, Coronavirus, amirite? It’s been a shitty two months for just about everybody worldwide, but here we are still largely staying in our houses and trying our best to comply with wildly inconsistent advice from experts, politicians, and friends on how to stay safe. Lately, as the tedium of full-time stay-at-home life has really hit […]
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Trip Report: Falling in Love with San Juan, Puerto Rico
Friends, we just got back from an absolutely amazing trip to Puerto Rico a couple weeks ago. It was so good, in fact, that I couldn’t believe that we’d never thought to check out Puerto Rico — the very American island destination in the Caribbean — until now. Let me tell you about some of […]
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A Family Christmas Visit to New Orleans
Can you believe it’s already Valentine’s Day? How is that possible? 2020 is literally flying by, and I just realized I still hadn’t shared with you all about our recent Christmas holiday trip! This Christmas was a big one for my family — my grandmother turned 85, and told us that she wanted to mark […]
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Trip Review: Weekend Getaway to Chicago
A few weeks ago, we decided to make use of one of the last truly fall weekends and check out one of our favorite cities, Chicago, before it became a snowy winter wasteland. We’ve visited Chicago before, of course, so this time was less about tourist destinations, and more about re-acquainting ourselves with the best […]
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