Category: holiday
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tuscany, 2019
After an entire week of the sun being completely gone by 4pm, it’s hard to believe I was in Italy last week, with it’s late sundown time of 7pm! It feels so long ago 😦 As I said in my last post, my family met up in Greve in Chianti to ring in the new […]
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france, part iii: la fête
The evening of the party, we had a slight change in weather. Instead of the brilliant sun we’d had the whole week, the sky was suddenly flooded with big, dark clouds and a cool fog covered the mountains. Luckily, my dad had sprung for a cabin big enough to hold us all, just in case […]
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france, part ii: exploring
Hello and happy Tuesday! I’ve got a lot to share with you today☺ On the day before the party, we had a few hours to kill before guests started pouring in. A group of us decided to load up the car and drive around the valley for a little sight-seeing. There’s a lot of pictures, so […]
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france, part i
Photos! I can’t tell you how excited I am to share our trip with you guys. The last two weeks were definitely something of a whirlwind, with too many airports and not enough coffee, but all in all, they were truly amazing. I got to show Conrad where I’m from, introduce him to my French […]
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valentine’s cards, fourth-grade style
Sick of me/Valentine’s day yet? No?!? Then read on! (for the rest of you, normal programming will resume tomorrow, I promise) Remember, back in elementary school, when all Valentine’s Day consisted of was candy and giving/getting cards from everyone in your class? Sigh. Those were the good ol’ days. Well, I don’t care if I am 27 years […]
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valentine’s chocolate bark
I‘ve got a great little treat for you today!It must be a sign of growing up when you start to prefer giving gifts over getting them (adulting!). And yes, Valentine’s day is kind of stupid, but even just a little something can lift someone’s day, and I love any excuse to celebrate. Of course, no […]
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christmas in stockholm
Hello and happy Tuesday! As it was Martin Luther King Jr. day in the US, I decided to take Monday off from blogging as well. I have to say, I missed you guys! So, I’m making it up to you with one final Sweden post, and even though I am so incredibly late on this, […]
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eight hours in helsinki
And the Scandinavian adventure continues! Every time we go to Sweden, I try to plan a mini-trip to see a little more of Europe and since my best friend, Nora, was in Helsinki for Christmas, I thought it would be fun to visit her in Finland for the day! We used the same boat company […]
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a day in stockholm
As some of you know, we spent the last two weeks of December in Stockholm. My dad lives there, and it’s where our family always meets up on the holidays. On one (rare) sunny day, we decided to venture out into the cold and tour the city before the sun went down. Our plan was […]
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friday favorites
Hello and happy Friday! After a productive week, I’m ready for some fun this weekend! We’re hosting our annual pumpkin carving party tomorrow evening and I am so excited to get ready for Halloween. Funnily enough, we won’t actually be here for Halloween (I have a conference in San Francisco that week), but the fall […]
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