August 3, 2013 {We had just moved into our apartment the day before} Early that morning, I woke up to the sound of Des'ree "Kissing You" playing the background. In my mind, I thought "I love this song!" and just laid there with my eyes closed listening to the ...
Life Lately: The DMV Chapter Begins
Ohhhhhhhh-Tay!!! With my NYC Recap all taken care of, I finally feel like I can move forward and blog about life in the DMV. And just to make it clear, the DMV stands for DC, Maryland, Virginia ... When breaking it down even further: it refers to DC and the surrounding areas in Maryland and ...
A Year Of Blogging | The NYC Recap
Phew! I've been wanting to publish this post ever since I got the idea ... Which was a couple of months ago. But let me tell ya people ... Writing a post that recaps everything I did and everywhere I went while living in New York with blog links to every NYC related post on this ...
Welcome To The Wild, Wild Woods … Said The City Girl
As I was going through the last of my pictures of our trip to the Adirondacks, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with happiness. These photos signify the closing of my New York chapter and I wouldn't have had it end any other way. After living in NYC for 2 years, I was already transitioning to a ...
Canoe Until We’re Moooooo …
July 4th, 2013 ... A day I will never forget. Why you might ask? Because I almost died ... Welllll maybe I'm being a bit dramatic but on the real ... What started off as a beautiful sunny day turned into an unexpected adventure that tested my mental capacity to endure the beauty and harshness of the ...
Sorry Mr. Lobstah!!!
Only a few posts left of my New York adventures before I can finally get you all up to date with what's going on in my life since I've moved to Virginia ... FYI: I have ALOT of catching up to do on this blog haha. Anywho, as a last hurrah with my roomies turned real friends (Meg & ...
A Chocolate Tour of New York City
An item on my list of to-do's before I moved to Virginia was to take a chocolate tour of New York City. Because as many of you know, this girl right here looooooooves her chocolate! But a tour allll over NYC would've taken forever soooo I settled for a walking tour that focused on chocolate hotspots ...
Bryant Park | Manhattenhenge
If one was to ever ask me what park is my favorite in NYC, I would hands down say "Bryant Park." It's small in comparison to Central Park but in this case, size does not matter ;) During the summer... You can find herds of people doing yoga in the lawn, playing ping-pong, concentrating ...
So Long, Farewell To You NYC
Moments From This Past Weekend... The truck is packed. My keys have been turned in... As you're reading this post, Charles and I are more than likely on our way down to Virginia. So Long NYC... Thank you for your lessons. And before I go back to sharing pre-written ...
What Inspires My Blogposts
Linking Up With Helene and Sarah to talk about something I've never really thought about until now... What inspires my blogposts? I could say people, places, food and dance because that's generally what I blog about ... But if I really broke it down and looked into ...
Life Lately | NYC Closing Moments :)
I thought I'd take a break from sharing posts of things I've done these past couple of weeks and give you an update on what has been going on in real time because this week marks my last full week as a New York resident!!! Time has flown by soooo fast this past month ... I didn't ...
8th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party Recap
Remember that one time alcohol was illegal? Yea, neither can I. But a couple weekends ago, the girls and I went back in time to the 1920's to experience what life would've been like during the Prohibition ... Correction: What the party scene would've been like if we had been born in that era. ...