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The Wedding Advent Calendar is Taking Off

July 22, 2025/by Lo

2022 Year in Review: Riding the High

December 6, 2022/by Lo

2021: Largely A Continuation of 2020 with Some New Curveballs

December 5, 2021/by Lo

2020 Year in Review: The Apocalypse Decade

December 20, 2020/by Lo

What It’s Really Like Living through a Natural Disaster – How to Mentally and Physically Prep for a Hurricane

October 2, 2020/by Lo

The Coronavirus Chronicles – Catharsis

March 13, 2020/by Lo

The Best CBD Products for Travel

January 16, 2020/by Lo

2019 Year in Review: End of an Era and New Beginnings

December 30, 2019/by Lo

How to Stay Warm While Looking Stylish this Winter

December 12, 2019/by Lo

How to Dress for Winter Adventures (So You’re Not Cold and Miserable)

November 18, 2019/by Lo

The Ultimate Travel Gift Guide

November 17, 2019/by Lo

27 Expert Tips, Tricks and Hacks for Saving Money on Travel – Every Time

November 7, 2019/by Lo

How Learning a Language Can Enhance Your Travel Experience

October 8, 2019/by Lo

7 Hiking Tips for Beginners: How to Get Started Loving the Outdoors (from a Reformed City Girl)

September 9, 2019/by Lo

2018 Year in Review: Full Steam Ahead, JK Pump the Brakes

December 22, 2018/by Lo

7 Bucket List Trips to Inspire Serious Wanderlust this Winter

December 21, 2018/by Lo

A Self-Care Checklist You Can Use to be a Happier and Healthier Person

October 10, 2018/by Lo

Southeast Texas…A Northerner’s First (and Unabashedly Raw) Take

September 13, 2018/by Lo

6 Things to Consider for Your First Time Traveling Alone

July 6, 2018/by Lo

Real Talk: I Have Travel Burn Out

June 24, 2018/by Lo

Fitness, Nutrition and Travel: Staying Healthy While Traveling is HARD

February 7, 2018/by Lo

The 2017 Year End Review: A Traveling (Wo)Man

December 30, 2017/by Lo

11 Beauty Hacks for Lazy Travel Girls to Look Effortlessly Chic on the Go

September 6, 2017/by Lo

2016: Bigger, Badder, and Now Uncut

January 9, 2017/by Lo

America The Broken

November 9, 2016/by Lo

How to Pack Like a Pro

September 15, 2016/by Lo

Carmen San Diego is My Spirit Animal

June 15, 2016/by Lo

The Struggle for Structure

June 13, 2016/by Lo

NZ: It’s Not You, It’s Me

April 16, 2016/by Lo

The Worst Blog Comment I’ve Ever Gotten

March 18, 2016/by Lo

2015: 3 New Countries, 3 New States, Explorations Close to Home and Beyond

January 9, 2016/by Lo

The Biggest Customer Service Fails I’ve Experienced in Travel

January 2, 2016/by Lo

Stop Calling Me a Food Critic (I’m Not)

March 12, 2015/by Lo

Life Lessons from Warren Miller: Meeting a Mogul on his 90th Birthday

February 23, 2015/by Lo

20 Things I Accomplished in My 20s…and 30 More for My 30s

December 30, 2014/by Lo

Surviving the Dating Scene in Denver: The Do’s and Don’ts for Mixing and Mingling in the Mile High

December 16, 2014/by Lo

When Working in Travel Sucks

December 9, 2014/by Lo

Whatever Happened to the American Dream?

December 2, 2014/by Lo

5 Ways I’ve Traveled for Free (And How You Can Too)

December 1, 2014/by Lo

Is There Even Such a Thing as a Travel Expert?

December 1, 2014/by Lo

How to Save Money on Travel – Every Time

December 1, 2014/by Lo

2014: Year in Review

November 30, 2014/by Lo
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When my third grade teacher told me I should be a writer, I laughed because that was so basic. After all, my best friend was aspiring to be a princess. Lo and behold, 20 years later, here I am, biting my tongue.

A Chicago native, a Denverite by choice, and now an accidental Texan, I've made it my mission to see as much of the world as possible because life is short, but sweet for certain. Subscribe to follow the (mis)adventures.

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