About

If you love travel, reading, and are endlessly curious about the world, you’ll feel right at home here. Expect content about destinations around the world and close to home, book recommendations, and anything close to my heart.

I started journaling – or, as I called it then, keeping a diary – at the age of 12. It was a small, fuzzy(!) purple diary with a lock and key, and I mostly wrote about middle school drama and what (or who) was annoying me that day. Over the decades since, I kept writing on and off in various journals. I wrote to reflect and process emotions, life events, and the direction I was moving in. As I started exploring the world in my twenties, writing morphed into a way to share my experiences. Likeminded people ask me for travel recommendations, thoughts on where their next trip should be, what restaurants they should check out in LA, and if I can share any book recommendations.

This blog is a reflection and extension of those conversations. I hope you learn, enjoy and leave inspired.

Fun facts

Oldest of four

Midwesterner at heart

Read 64 books in 2022

Favorite genres are contemporary, literary and historical fiction

Denison University alum (Go Big Red!)

Worked in the travel industry for eight years