“Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.Are you aware the shape I’m in?” -The Avett Brothers [I and Love and You] If you are visiting New York City, you should absolutely leave Manhattan at some point! While Manhattan is great, if you…
Four Awesome Waterfall Hikes in the Finger Lakes
Don’t go jumping waterfalls Please, keep to the lake People who jump waterfalls Sometimes can make mistakes -Sir Paul McCartney When you think of waterfalls in New York State, Niagara Falls is probably what first comes to mind. However, you…
Things I Learned On My First Cruise
I’m sailing awaySet an open course for the virgin sea‘Cause I’ve got to be freeFree to face the life that’s ahead of me -Styx This month I went on my very first cruise! I can honestly say it was a…
Things to Do in Acadia National Park
“I would rather feel bad in Maine, than feel good anywhere else.” E.B. White Spoiler alert: the best things to do in Acadia National Park are predominately in the great outdoors! Acadia National Park has some of the best landscapes…
How to Spend One Day in Edinburgh
“And yet the place establishes an interest in people’s hearts; go where they will, they find no city of the same distinction.” -Robert Louis Stevenson One day in Edinburgh is not nearly enough to take in the beauty of Scotland’s…
How to Spend One Day in Glasgow
“Glasgow is certainly a place where they will tell you if they don’t think you are anything special.” -Sam Heughan Having spent more time in the Highlands and Edinburgh, I was eager to spend a day in Glasgow on my…
Things to Do Around Inverness, Scotland
“If Nessie does exist, exactly who is she? A sole survivor from prehistoric times? A gigantic sea snake? It has even been suggested she’s a cosmic wanderer through time.” -Danforth Prince You absolutely should visit the Inverness area if you…
Saranac Lake Winter Carnival
“Yes, the weather here is wonderful So I guess I’ll hang around I could never leave the Adirondacks Cause I’m frozen to the ground.” -Unknown I have had the very great fortune to grow up with the Saranac Lake Winter…
Rom-Com Locations in NYC
“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” -When Harry Met Sally I partially blame the rom-coms of the 90s/early 2000s…
Winter in Lake Placid, NY
“As the Olympic torch neared Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1980, signaling the opening of that year’s Winter Olympics, newspapers and magazines throughout the world offered predictions on who would win medals…Not a single publication gave the American men’s hockey team…
How to Spend Two Days in London
For, suddenly, I saw you there And in a foggy London Town The sun was shining everywhere -George and Ira Gershwin Welcome to The Big Smoke! Jolly Ol’ Londontown! If you only have two days in London, you can still…
How to Spend One Day in Oxford
“I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful.“ -WB Yeats From its architecture to its history to its books, the city of Oxford is enchanting in every way and should definitely be…