Canada 2017
One of my goals is to travel as much as I can, especially to places I have never been before. This summer, I managed to cross another place off my list: Québec, Canada. Over July Fourth weekend, J and I took a trip to Québec …
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Memorial Day Weekend 2017 in Virginia
For Memorial Day Weekend this year, J took me to Virginia – specifically, to the places where he grew up and spent most of his time before we were together. We started in Charlottesville, then drove through the mountains, made a quick stop at Natural …
Long Distance Relationship Diary. Chapter 1: Does It Really Get Better?
Let’s start with a bit of background. By summer 2015, my boyfriend (hereby referred to as “J”) had plans to move to New York that fall. By the end of summer, in August 2015, we started dating. Due to work (on both sides) and school …
Long Distance Relationship Diary. Where Do I Begin?
Over the course of my currently long distance relationship, I have posted some pictures on Instagram captioned “Long Distance Relationship Diary”. Examples include, “Long Distance Relationship Diary. Chapter 1: Trains.” and “Long Distance Relationship Diary. Chapter 2: Traveling Means Being Together.” Given that this has …
Grand Canyon 2017
This March, I was invited to a beautiful wedding in Arizona. Since I don’t often get to visit the West Coast, and since I had never been to Arizona before (let alone the Grand Canyon), I took the opportunity to take time off work for …
The Empire State Building at Midnight
I must admit, being in a long distance relationship has been made a little bit easier by the facts that 1. both parties are on the East Coast, and 2. one of the parties lives in Manhattan. I had only been to the Empire State …
St. John ♥ Summer 2016
Here it is: the long awaited, next-on-my-list-of-places-I’ve-never-been, adventure-filled, summer vacation to St. John! When I say this was long awaited, I mean that my boyfriend and I booked and planned this trip back in March, so naturally I just about exploded from excitement when we …
New York Adventures (May 2016)
The other weekend I went to New York, as I do most weekends, to see my boyfriend and to celebrate the completion of finals and the end of a semester of grad school ( ! ). Despite the fact that I am practically a resident of …
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 …
Summer in Greece 2015
Lately I have been daydreaming about summer vacations, warm sunny days, and relaxing afternoons on the beach. While this is definitely an overdue post, I wanted to post something about my last overseas trip and perhaps live summer vacation vicariously through old pictures. Last …
New York at Christmastime (2015 Edition)
Happy New Year! I can’t believe it’s already 2016. I thought I would start off the new year by posting about something very near and dear to my heart: New York at Christmastime. I wrote a similar post about two years ago because almost every …
One Year Later.
It’s been almost a year since my last post. I am not particularly proud of this, however my schedule hasn’t exactly allowed much leisure time to write… Since my last post, I applied to business schools, was offered a position at a great company, left my old …
Costa Rica 2015
At the beginning of this month, I went to Costa Rica for a wedding. The wedding itself was one of the most beautiful weddings I have ever seen, and it made this trip to Costa Rica one that I will always remember. This wedding gave …
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 …