Year in Review | Best of 2023
2023 – A year of travel. Every year I like to choose a word of the year to help direct my goals and aspirations for the year. For 2023, I chose “wander,” and it certainly was a year of wander…
Top 10 Things to Do in Chicago this Winter
Chicago, the city of rom coms, deep dish pizza, and infamous wind, may seem like a surprising winter destination, but beauty and tranquility hide just under the surface. My daughter and I recently returned from a girl's trip to Chicago…
Travel Guide | Scotland
A week in Scotland Itinerary: Spend two days visiting Edinburgh, the historical, cultural, and political capital of Scotland. At sunset on the second day drive to St. Andrews. Wake up to a morning walk on the beach, watch golf, and explore…
Photographer’s Travel Guide | Prague
A Little Background Today I want to introduce you to the 20 year old version of me. I live in an old, but stunning apartment building with my host family in Beausoleil, France. In this apartment we share stories and…
Year in Review | Best of 2022
2022 – What a year! I met professional goals, spent quality time with family, and explored the U.S. My word of the year was embrace, and I chose that word because I wanted to embrace all that the year had…
Travel Guide | Toronto
We find ourselves watching our waiter pouring Moroccan Tea for us from an alarming height above our teacups. I need not worry, he clearly has mastered this unique custom. We learn that the higher it is poured the more respect…
Travel Photographs – Voice Competition
VOICE is a celebrated annual photography competition for photographers to share real stories. Over 40,000 images are entered each year, making it one of the most powerful documentations of photographers around the world. The VOICE announced the winner this week.…
Travel Guide | Italy
You may have the universe if I may have Italy Giuseppe Verdi, composer Fruit stands along the Amalfi Coast Best things to do while in Italy to live La Dolce Vita No wonder Italy is home to so many artists, writers,…
FIVE Frank Lloyd Wright Lessons
When my mom, daughter and I had an unexpected free weekend in March, we decided to visit the four Frank Lloyd Wright houses in the Laurel Highlands. We visited Polymath Park, featuring the Duncan and Mäntylä Houses, Fallingwater, built for…
Travel Guide | Iceland
Three things make me incredibly happy... spending time with my friends and family, capturing amazing photographs, and traveling to new places. In the fall of 2019 I was able to experience all three in Iceland. On my 39th birthday my…