Hiking Billy Goat Trail
Last month, I hiked the Billy Goat Trail with J and one of my best friends. I can’t believe I had not hiked this trail before now, especially as it is one of the more well-known hikes in the DC-metro area (you can read more …
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Hiking at Scott’s Run Nature Preserve
Am I the only one who feels that the weather this fall has been amazing?! I don’t want to jinx it, but I definitely do want to take advantage of it! Since we had such amazing weather last week, and J had a day off, …
Working Remotely | DC Coffee Shop Feature: Politics and Prose
I spend the majority of my working hours in my at-home office, but when you work from home, it’s nice to go out and get a change of scenery every one in a while. One of my favorite places to rid myself of my cabin …
Seeing Deeper: Space, Light & Sound at the National Cathedral
One of my favorite DC gems is the Washington National Cathedral. The overall ambiance both inside and outside the Cathedral is so serene and calming that, when the weather is nice, I will spend time outside the Cathedral, clearing my mind and admiring the beautiful …
Enchant Christmas DC
The other weekend, J and I went to Enchant Christmas DC. Enchant Christmas is a Christmas light maze and market set up at Nationals Park that is well-known for its magical light maze. We walked around the maze for about an hour, seizing every photo …
Crumbs & Whiskers | Kitten Lounge
Back in July, my mom and I went to Crumbs & Wiskers’s Kitten Lounge as a fun way to celebrate my mom’s birthday. Crumbs & Whiskers is a cat cafe in Georgetown which not only allows people to play with adorable cats and kittens while …
My Bachelorette Party!
My bachelorette party happened back in August and was the start of a month’s worth of wedding fun and excitement. I knew nothing about the weekend’s events until they happened– the ENTIRE thing was a surprise! The only things I was told regarding my bachelorette …
DC Cherry Blossoms 2019
I wrote another post about the cherry blossoms back in 2014, but even as a full-time DC resident, visiting the cherry blossoms year after year never gets old. Every time I see the cherry blossoms scattered around the monuments in The District feels like the …
Full-Time Work, Part-Time School
For those of you who don’t already know, I currently work full-time and I am simultaneously getting my MBA part-time. This means that for two days a week I wake up, go to work from around 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM, go straight to school …
Preakness 2014
A few weeks ago (I know, I know, I am a bit behind on my blogging…) I went with a couple friends to Preakness and had such a fun time. For those of you who may not know what Preakness is, it is a horse …
D.C. Cherry Blossoms
I recently went to see the cherry blossoms on the National Mall at their peak, and they were absolutely lovely. Like the fireworks on the 4th of July, the cherry blossoms are a DC spectacle that I try to see every year, despite the insane …
Winter in Spring
I woke up this morning to seven inches of snow on the ground. It may not be spring yet, but even with the First Day of Spring coming up in just three days, it could not feel farther away. Although I am, admittedly, getting a little …
A Winter Wine Tasting
Sometimes it’s nice just go have a day out with the girls. A few weekends ago, me and three other lovely ladies took a day trip to a vineyard about an hour’s drive away for a wine tasting. Once we got there, we were able …
Halloween Activities 2013
Since tomorrow is Halloween, and the last day of October, I thought I would write a Halloween themed post going over all of fun things I did in October. This year, in order to get into the fall and Halloween sprit, I went to an …