Stories

Life 101: What I’m Up to These Days

It’s time for what seems like my annual ritual of giving you an actual glimpse into the inner workings of my life. I feel like my day-to-day is quite mundane—and you can always get glimpse…

Press Trips for Bloggers: What are they Like?

Since 2012 I’ve been on around 27 press trips abroad. From airlines and cruise liners to tour providers and tourism boards, I’ve been fortunate enough to have worked with all sorts of amaz…

City Dog Goes to the Rockies

Happy 2017, peeps! Ella here. Though I just last checked in with you six weeks ago following my trip to Macon, my New Year’s resolution is to blog more—oh wait, that’s Mom’s Ne…

How to Fly Business Class for Cheap (or Free)

Several years ago I was upgraded from Economy to First Class on Emirates. It was purely luck of course – the flight was overbooked so I was suddenly propelled from cattle class to the front of t…

Books a Million: What I Read, Part XVI

It’s been quite some since my last book post, and that’s because admittedly I’ve done very little reading this fall (thanks, Instagram, my pre-bed guilty pleasure). That said, I did …