The National Park Tour
Once upon a time, Two women were frustrated with the way things were going. In the middle of a worldwide pandemic, three months into its actualization, the world was in between a complete halt and the too-quick spinning of tires on gravel roads. SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus, COVID-19) cases were rising, but with the onslaught…
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James – A Review
The Sun Down Motel was my favorite unexpected read this year. I don’t mean that I didn’t expect to read it, but I guess I should rather say that I wasn’t expecting to like it so much? As some of you have picked up on the pattern — I don’t look at lengthy reviews of…
The Woman in Cabin 10
The Woman in Cabin 10 came out in 2016, and I finally finished it this month. Here’s a general preface — I don’t often read mystery/thriller/horror. At all. I’ll occasionally read something if it seems part of a cultural reset, like Gone Girl or Murder on the Orient Express. I found the book at my…
How to Survive Quasi-Quarantine
At this point of the pandemic that’s still affecting our everyday lives, we have a slightly better handle of our sanity as compared to March. Seven months ago, things were a lot more uncertain. That was when I left my job on the day of a storm and drove home, confused and unsure of what…
My Go-To Book Recommendations (Fiction)
I’ve always loved reading. It’s hard to believe for most, but I’ve loved reading ever since I was a child. The oldest form of escape, I would spend entire summers walking to the library a few blocks away and stay up all night finishing novels. Think of the way Matilda discovered her local library, and…
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half is the kind of story that when you read it, you find yourself having ached for it. The sort of satisfaction comes from knowing it the same as when you’ve had the lines of a song stuck in your head all day, and then you put to place where the lines were…
I come alive in the fall time
Reasons why Fall is my favorite season. 1) PUMPKIN + other seasonal goodies. I plan on doing a whole post on seasonal goodies you can get from your favorite local grocery stores, especially ones with funky goodies like Trader Joe’s. But it still deserves a mention. Yes, fall for your classic pumpkin spice latte. I…
August Kinder Beauty Box First Impressions!
First thoughts time! This August Beauty Box was probably the first time I was disappointed by a box. As some of you know, Kinder Beauty Box is now releasing two options for boxes that get sent out at random. (I did notice that it seemed like the first batch of receivers got one box, and…
My Weight Loss Journey
At my heaviest, I weighed about 180lbs. The weird thing, for me, about weight-gain is that you don’t realize as the days are passing that you’ve gained that much weight. I had a weird and sudden realization hit me in 2016 when I went to Hawaii. (Think dresses, shorts, bathing suits.) I hated how I…
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