Category: Travel

3 Things To Know Before Riding the London Eye

Posted July 26, 2018 by shooting in Travel / 35 Comments

When In London: The London Eye The London Eye is probably something that enters a lot of people’s mind when they think of London, England. It’s essentially a ferris wheel except you’re fully enclosed. As someone who is terrified of heights, and hates ferris wheels, I wasn’t really sure about going on the London Eye. […]

Lauren Does London

Posted July 15, 2018 by shooting in Travel / 36 Comments

Hey everyone! If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile now then you might remember when I went to London, England…in September 2016. Yes, it’s been almost two years and I never did share anything about it on the blog (though I did post a lot on Instagram at the time). I’m so sorry it’s […]

New Blog Link-Up: Local Tourist

Posted January 15, 2018 by shooting in Travel / 26 Comments

I’m excited to announce that Dara from Not in Jersey and I have created a new blog link-up. Blog link-ups are where you come and share posts you’ve created that suit a certain theme – some link-ups are anything goes, others are DIY and recipes, etc. This new link-up is called Local Tourist and you’ll […]

Girl’s Weekend in Louisville, Kentucky

Posted October 16, 2017 by shooting in Travel / 52 Comments

My sister, Kari, turned 30 back in June and she wanted to take a trip somewhere to celebrate. We ended up taking that trip the last weekend of September and staying in Louisville, Kentucky. For us, that’s only about two hours away, but it ended up being a really great girl’s weekend since it was […]

Weekend Trip to Chicago + ALA 2017

Posted July 28, 2017 by shooting in Travel / 28 Comments

I’ve been lucky to attend BEA (Book Expo America) a few times, but back in June, this was the first time I went to the ALA conference (ALA is American Library Association). Since it was in Chicago, that meant that my sister could drive us there and we didn’t have to worry about flights. For […]

Things to Do in Chicago and New York City

Posted May 29, 2017 by shooting in Travel / 35 Comments

This post contains affiliate links BEA – Book Expo America – and ALA – American Library Association – are both fast approaching. If you don’t know, both of these are book conventions so that authors and publishers can showcase upcoming books. BEA caters more to booksellers and the like, though bloggers can attend, and ALA […]