How I spent one day in Chicago

Chicago is a beautiful city. Set on Lake Michigan with the Chicago River running through it, it has a gorgeous skyline that offers an eclectic mix of architecture — old, new, glass, concrete, round and square  — Chicago’s skyline has a little bit of everything. I was lucky enough to have spent a week in…

A travel guide to Presque Isle State Park

It’s not a ‘real’ beach, but it’s pretty darn close I spent four years in Pennsylvania less than an hour down the road from Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pa, but it wasn’t until I moved to western New York for this past summer that I finally made it to this gorgeous part of…

NYC Day 3

For my final day in the city we went to Central Park. I know that trying to fit all of NYC into one 3 day trip is physically impossible, but Central Park was on the top of my to-see list and I wanted to see as much of it as possible this time around. Lucky…

NYC Day 2

Day 2 was actually pretty relaxed and probably the least-touristy out of all three days..kind of. We caught the subway from Penn Station down to SoHo and spent most of the afternoon just walking around in the sun. We went to Katz’s delicatessen which was a pretty awesome experience. The sandwiches are around $20 but…

NYC Day 1

I had never been to New York City before. It’s been number 1 on my to-do list since moving to America 3 years ago, and this past week was the first time I finally got around to getting there. I’ve been kicking myself ever since that I didn’t make the effort to go earlier…now I…