nod 'n' smile

Every year around this time, I always have a few conversations with people about how the year flew by, how it disappeared more quickly than the last. It always seems like there’s never enough time. It always seems that despite my best efforts, there’s always a lot of things left undone. So, what a wonderful [...]

We had a couple of extra hours on Vancouver Island before we had to catch the ferry back to mainland Canada for our drive to Seattle. We drove through a few quaint villages and stopped at a nice beach but nothing quite triggered our interest until we saw a sign for the Coombs Country Market. [...]

I’ve mentioned in previous posts that, during our trip to the west coast, we decided to spend two days in Canada. We spent the first day in Victoria because we were on Vancouver Island, and we decided to visit Vancouver Island because we wanted to spend the second day here (TA DA!): It’s a treehouse! [...]

After a few food-filled days in Southern California, my boyfriend and I woke up at 5:00am on Tuesday morning to hit the ground running to our next destination. We hopped on a painfully early flight to Seattle and spent the next few hours commuting by plane, by car, by Washington State Ferry, and by car [...]

While we were in Canada visiting their side of Niagara Falls, we decided to make the most of our time in the country and drove the extra hour to Toronto to visit the Hockey Hall of Fame and grab lunch. While there, I was excited to stumble upon pieces by two artists whose work (and distinctive style) [...]