While I enjoy running a couple days a week, my husband, Dom, absolutely loves running and typically does a run every day. In the past few years, he has trained for a few marathons, but this fall he decided to take a break from marathon training… and instead trained for an ultramarathon. If you aren’t…
A few weeks ago, Dom and I drove up to Eagan, Minnesota (near St. Paul) for a friend’s wedding. I’d been to Minneapolis before for work conferences and meetings, but somehow those were all in the winter – not an ideal time to visit the area. So, it was nice to finally be there in…
Dom and I visited his family in Southwest Missouri earlier this summer, and while we were there we decided to drive another hour down to Northwest Arkansas to bike the Razorback Greenway. It’s a 40-mile, paved trail that leads from Bella Vista, AR (the north end) to Fayetteville, AR (the south end), so it was…
A year ago, Dom and I spent my golden birthday (27 on a 27th!) in Madison, Wisconsin and did some biking – one ride was around the city, and another was on part of the Badger State Trail – a mostly gravel trail south of Madison. Since then, we’ve talked about going up to bike…
I became a vegetarian toward the end of 2020 so when Dom and I are traveling, we always try to find restaurants with good vegetarian options. We immediately found good vegetarian food in Tucson, AZ, which was really exciting since some cities can be hit or miss. This post goes over our favorite foods from…
I think I say this in all of my coffee shop posts, but one of my very favorite parts of traveling is finding local coffee shops with great drinks and coffee shop vibes. There were an overwhelming number of shops to try while we were staying in Tucson, Arizona, and I was surprised by how…