Did you know the slide at The Doseum is insanely fun? Did you know that it's also insanely tiring to climb up it 400 times in one day? I discovered both to be true a few weeks ago when we shot this super fun family photo shoot for San Antonio Magazine! It was such a...
From the day my parents met, they never spent more than 24 consecutive hours away from each other. Sometimes if my mom was driving home late at night and my dad realized it was getting close to a full day since he'd seen her, he would drive to meet her halfway on the...
Since our trip to New York was Orlando's first time in the city, I left virtually the entire itinerary up to him. We visited the spots he most wanted to see during our short stay, like the Statue of Liberty and Wall Street. I just made one little request: to see the...
My sister Hadley graduated from college at Fairfield University in Connecticut this past weekend, so we used the occasion as an excuse to make a mini-vacation out of it. Her campus is just a quick train ride from NYC, so we stayed in Times Square with the girls and...
I was absolutely, completely a book nerd growing up. I read at home, I read at school, I read on the school bus to and from school. I have vivid memories of skipping dinner because I couldn't put a book down. I suppose if I had been a city kid, there may have been...
You guys, the other day I had a dream I was doing laundry. Not special, glitter-covered laundry, just regular, every day laundry. I'm apparently so much of a grown up now that my brain can't produce interesting fodder like rainbows or unicorns anymore, so it resorted...
I'm the first to admit I'm not exactly the outdoors type. Much as I love to disprove gender standards, I am completely, entirely a "girly girl" when it comes to getting out in nature. Even though I grew up on a farm, I avoided work on said farm at all costs, and...
When I was growing up, I was lucky enough to go to an elementary with a swimming pool. So once every couple of weeks, our class would get the chance to swim during the school day as part of our "Specials" curriculum. One week it would be art, the next gym, then...
A common theme I've discovered among mothers, especially new moms, is the overwhelming need to talk about this journey we're on. To vent about how tough it is, to laugh about how amusing it is, and ultimately to know that we're not alone. I've often used this blog as...
For many of us, living an organic, holistic lifestyle seems like a lofty goal. It would be nice, sure, but it's just not realistic. Tata Harper is on a mission to change all that. She started her eponymous skincare line after discovering her stepfather had been...
If you were paying close attention, you may have noticed a glimpse of this outfit in Wednesday's travel recap of our stay at the JW Marriott Hill Country Resort & Spa. After taking a look through all the pictures, I decided I simply couldn't condense such great...
There are plenty of ways to ring in milestone birthdays. You can take a trip, make a big purchase, or throw a huge bash. But when I ask Orlando what he wanted to do for his thirtieth birthday this past weekend, none of that sounded appealing to him. What he really...