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"Pittsburgh is actually (surprisingly) really cool" is a thought I find myself thinking quite a bit now that I've lived here for almost half of a decade. I can totally see why Pittsburgh has topped all sorts of Internet lists in the likes of "The Nation's Most Livable Cities" and "Unlikely Cities With The Best Restaurants" [...]
Here's a sexy scenario for you: You're on the couch with your significant other and he (or she) turns to you and says "hey baby, I'm going to build you the closet of your dreams. Let's go to Ikea on Friday night to get the stuff." *SWOON* First of all, Ikea on a Friday evening [...]
Charming, delightful, quaint, adorable, and pleasant are all synonyms for "cute" (according to the thesaurus app on my phone); also, they can all be used to describe the city of Asheville. Asheville, North Carolina has been at the top of our "must visit" U.S. cities list for a while now. We've all heard from someone [...]
For the most part, tourists are drawn to Nashville because it's a place to shake your Honky Tonk Badonkadonk (here's hoping this song gets stuck in your head now, too) and let your country music loving freak flag fly (say that 5 times fast). Although there was a small window in my early twenties where [...]
This post is sponsored by Subaru. Love- it's what makes a Subaru a JK THIS AIN'T SPONSORED (but I do love my Subaru). Imagine for a second that you're twelve years old. At that age, if you were given the option to spend your summer A) leaving your home state for the first time and [...]
Unless you live under a rock, you've probably heard how cool of a city Austin, TX is. It is the OG "weird" city (sorry Portland, we were "keeping Austin weird" way before you guys, but thanks for sending Voodoo Donuts to the Lone Star State). It is the blue epicenter in the middle of a [...]
If you live in Pittsburgh, you're in for a real treat! My very talented sister, Annie, is now taking orders for custom cakes. If you've been reading this blog for a while, you might be familiar with her work. Annie made a pink and blue cake for our friends' gender reveal party last year. She [...]
And just like that, round 2 of the holiday season is over. IDK about you, but I am definitely feeling a Christmastime hangover because it comes and goes too quickly. We try to pack as much stuff as possible into a short amount of time and our heads are left spinning. This Christmas was different [...]
Last weekend, Joel and I took a trip to Florida to celebrate my 28th birthday AND to visit some good friends who moved down south back in April. Although we were flying into Ft. Lauderdale and staying with our friends in Davie for most of the weekend, we couldn't not go to Miami! Miami has [...]
There are two ways of getting into a pool: the first way, you use your big toe to check the temperature and if that feels good, you slowly lower your body in as it gets used to the water. And the second way is... AHHHH! YOU JUMP! I like to think of this scene [...]
