Paul and I headed to the mountains for our annual anniversary weekend trip. We have been to Vail for anniversary weekend before, but at this point (6 years later), we've hit all the relatively close mountain towns and decided it was time for a repeat. We stayed at the Arrabelle Hotel three years ago (throwback blog post here) and although it was a beautiful stay and we'd ... Read More
Easy Lunch Recipe: Chickpea Salad
About five years ago I began making this chickpea salad recipe for lunch when started a new job that was 100% work from home. I am the type of person that if I like something, I will eat it every day until I get bored of it. This chickpea salad was no different. I used make a large batch of it Sunday and it would last about two weeks (lunches Monday-Friday). Over time, I ... Read More
Travel Review: Our Stay at Hotel Ville sull’Arno in Florence, Italy
Our second stop of our Europe trip back in May was a short train ride from Rome to Florence. Our trip to Italy was only six days before we headed to Spain for my friend's wedding, so we definitely wished we had more time to explore some of our favorite spots, like Florence. Regardless, we made the most of our two days in Florence, which you can check out in my Italy vlog. To ... Read More
Travel Review: Our Stay at Hotel Barberini Rome
Oops - here I am almost three months since we returned from our Europe trip finally getting around to reviewing some of the hotels we stayed at. Better late than never, am I right? In today's post, I wanted to share my thoughts of Hotel Barberini, located in the heart of Rome. Of course, I failed miserably at taking pictures of the room, but I did manage to do a room tour in ... Read More
Spain Vlog: Mallorca & Barcelona
Welcome to the third and final vlog from our Italy and Spain trip. We capped off our European adventures by attending my friend's beautiful wedding at Son Marroig in Mallorca. It was a gorgeous celebration and we are so fortunate to have seen more of Europe before our travels to Spain. There is so much more to explore, but we had a trip of a lifetime. Check out our final ... Read More