**Briefly updated after our 2022 trip** Since coming home from our latest trip (my 11th) to St John, I’ve had so many questions about travel to the island that instead of trying to answer individually, I decided it would be easier to put together a guide of sorts. This will be long, so bear with […]

detroit has always been a fascination to me. we never grew up going there, other than their airport, but after reading both lipshitz six, or two angry blondes and middlesex (both of which, i highly recommend) my interest was piqued. dating josh only fueled that fire (he grew up about an hour from detroit, in […]

our last and final honeymoon stop was phuket. after 5 days of non stop moving and flights and cities, we were more than ready for a week of sand and sunshine. a word to the wise? thai sun is.not.messing.around. i’ve never felt intense sun like that. we used spf 75 and aside from me forgetting […]

after enjoying a few days of metropolitan thailand, we boarded a plane (thai air is great, btw) headed north to thailand’s 2nd biggest city, chiang mai. truth be told, when we started planning this trip, i hadn’t heard of chiang mai, but was encouraged by several friends who have been before to check it out. […]