travel
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Postcards from Ireland and the Isle of Man
Last post I shared some photos from our summer trip to the UK. Today, I’d love to show you some of my favorites from the second half of our trip, where we stopped in Ireland and the Isle of Man.… Continue reading
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Postcards from Scotland
Things were pretty quiet in this space during July, mainly because we took an epic trip with my family to Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man to celebrate my parents’ anniversary. After our honeymoon last summer in England (during which… Continue reading
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Afternoon Adventure: Highclere Castle
AKA: That time we went to Downton Abbey. We saw all sorts of wonderful things on our honeymoon. The Churchill War Rooms, the Tower of London, Stonehenge, the Sherlock Holmes Museum, a play with Sîan Phillips…and yet, now that we’re… Continue reading
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Personal reading history
Happy Valentine’s Day! I’ve been hunkered down at home with a nasty virus, and the wintry mix outside isn’t doing much to make things feel more festive. So instead, I’ve been daydreaming about our summer honeymoon in England. Josh and… Continue reading
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Research comes from the unlikeliest of places
As evidenced by my various afternoon adventures, I love visiting historic sites. I will drag Josh to living history museums just to pretend I’m living in colonial New England (more on that soon). When my parents called to say they… Continue reading
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Afternoon Adventure: Longwood Gardens
A month ago my family met up in Philadelphia to celebrate my sister’s graduation. We had some free time before the festivities began, so we drove about an hour outside of the city to the Brandywine Valley, former home of… Continue reading
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Afternoon adventure: Blithewold Mansion & Gardens
One of my favorite ways to spend an afternoon (especially in the gloomy winter months) is visiting house museums. Typically these are grand old mansions that have been converted into museums for the public, like the mansions in Newport. Lissa… Continue reading
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