This summer has been nonstop, and I’m happy to say that much of it is due to my growing niche of travel blogging! I love finding business collaborations so we can review hotels, places to play and other destinations for kids (or a parents night out!). Here’s a look at what I’ve done so far in this niche. I’d love to do more.
This is mom life. REAL mom life. It’s hauling all your kids sh*t through the hot sand back to the car, exhausted and hungry after a beach day.
Real talk:Why did no one ever warn me about the summer after your oldest goes off to school for the first time?? It’s not like being a SAHM of two again. Because the dynamic of each child’s personal freedom has changed. And it’s driving me crazy.
Sometimes you feel like you’ve got it together.
Other times, you lose your five-year-old in a crowded place.
Wanna guess which one of those two scenarios this story is about?
Earlier this month, two gal pals and I left our collective assortment of tiny humans with the husbands and the grandparents and lived it up at the Broadlind Hotel’s penthouse suite in Long Beach, California. Overall, the property is a truly charming getaway with all the architectural character I love, situated in a conveniently walkable downtown location.
This isn’t a ‘practice makes perfect’ post, or even a story of perseverance.
This is a post about a time where I came, I saw, I failed.
And then I made it mine.
I want to talk about my husband for a sec. There’s no special occasion, it’s not his birthday. I just thought you might like to hear the story of how we met. It was in college, at Cal Poly SLO.
Last night, a group of us said goodbye to 3825 S. Higuera St., a bright and airy newsroom building with rare tall windows and rows of cubicles that were once our second home.
This is me.
in a hotel room.
alone.
on a big fluffy bed.
all to myself.
sitting in silence.
And it’s the actual best.
I had my first night away from the kids — ever! 🎉
This is probably the shortest blog post ever. But here are some frost pics from Paso Robles, California. Taken with an iPhone in 35 degrees.