Pinellas Park – Oktoberfest 2021
The Pinellas Park Oktoberfest is hosted by The German American Society of Pinellas County and has been voted “Best of the Bay” for being “Tampa Bay’s most authentic Oktoberfest”!!! Finally, a festival that made us feel like we were home and it’s practically in our backyard!
St Pete – SHINE Mural Festival
We love our city!! I want to bring focus to one of the most inspiring events in our city each year – The SHINE Mural Festival in St. Pete, Florida.
Disney – Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival
Epcot has some of the most beautiful, flavorful and inspiring festivals in the world – pun intended! We’ve already shared how much we love the Festival of the Arts at Epcot, but another festival we try not to miss is the International Flower and Garden Festival.By far one of my favorite events to walk the…
St Pete – Favorite Brunch Spots – Three Birds Tavern
It’s been a minute since we added to our favorite local Brunch Spots in St Pete on blog, so today I’d love to introduce one of our oldest original favorite spots – Three Birds Tavern!They have a great atmosphere and a menu full of amazing and creative comfort food!
Florida Travel – Kennedy Space Center Visit 2021
Before I Disney you all to death – I’m catching up on so many things that I never took the time to write about and share over the last few years… I thought I would dig back into the archives of my iPhone and see what other treasures I could find and share. I’ll do…
Disney- Birthday Spectacular 2023 – Coronado Springs Resort – Sangria University
My annual Birthday tradition of a trip to Walt Disney World is still going strong, and our 7th year in a row was epic! This was our very first time staying at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort and it won’t be our last because we are in love!
World Travel – Africa Adventure 2022 – Skukuza Rest Camp -Wild Fig Guest House
Alright folks – we have made it to the end of our Africa Adventure 2022 journey and this is my final post from our trip! If you need a recap or have missed any of these posts – we have a full itinerary with links to each post here!
We packed up early and…
World Travel – Africa Adventure 2022 – Lower Sabie Rest Camp – River & Bush Tents
This is our second to last of our posts for the Africa 2022 trip! And a BONUS post will finish off this trip before the end of this week! Welcome to one of my favorite camps of the entire trip!! Lower Sabie Rest Camp in Kruger Park is on the banks of the perennial Sabie…
World Travel – Africa Adventure 2022 –Olifants Rest Camp Lebombo Guest House
Okay friends… it’s been a long haul so far… To recap we went from Tampa, FL to Germany to Cape Town to Kruger National Park where we have now been to Skukuza, Satara and now on to Olifants! If you have missed any of the first 7 posts – you can catch up with our…
World Travel – Africa Adventure 2022 – Satara Rest Camp
The first 24 hours in Kruger National Park were incredible and our stay at Skukuza Camp was one of my favorites of the trip but we only spent the one night there before we headed north to our next destination – Satara Rest Camp.
World Travel – Africa Adventure 2022 – Skukuza Camp Riverside Bungalow
We’d traveled from Florida to Germany to Cape Town and now finally – we were heading into Kruger National Park for the rest of this epic adventure!
Disney – RunDisney Princess Race Weekend 2023
What an unbelievable, indescribable, inspirational, and educational weekend at Walt Disney World Princess Weekend 2023 for the Run Disney Fairytale Challenge! In case you have forgotten, or never read why I signed up for this craziness – take a few minutes to read my post after we registered in July of 2022. I’ll wait for…
World Travel – Africa Adventure 2022 – Day Four – South Africa – Penguins & Whales
One of the excursions that we had pre-booked for Day 4 in South Africa was a Whale Tour with Southern Right Charters in Hermanus. However, sadly the weather caused the company to cancel the boat trip out of safety and once we saw the waves we felt very thankful.
World Travel – Africa Adventure 2022 – Day Three – South Africa Wine Tour
On day three, we woke up in our beautiful hotel and had the most amazing buffet breakfast – the breakfast alone is reason to book a stay at Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront – Cape Town, but also it is wonderfully central to everything we wanted to do. After a hearty breakfast we were picked up…
World Travel – Africa Adventure 2022 – Day Two – Cape Town
Our adventure continues… After an 11-hour 45 min overnight flight from Germany, we happily arrived in Cape Town, South Africa!!
World Travel – Africa Adventure 2022 – 14 days in South Africa
In late August – early September, 2022 we embarked on an incredible two week adventure with 4 of our friends to South Africa. The sole purpose and intention for this incredible experience was to see animals in the wild where they belong. Not in a zoo, not in cages, not in people’s backyards etc… We’ve…
World Travel – Africa Adventure 2022 – Day One – Germany
Africa 2022- An absolute trip of a lifetime, so much so it’s taken me several months after coming home to even comprehend what a life changing journey it was for us. This trip was in the making for several years and was originally planned for 2020 by our friend Jamie who had previously taken this…
St Pete – Sanding Ovations 2021- Treasure Island
Sanding Ovations in Treasure Island, Florida seems to be a new family tradition for the week of Thanksgiving! The last two years we have enjoyed the event while family comes to town in November. Mark and I love when family stays in one of our favorite condos in Treasure Island, FL called the Island Inn.…
St Pete – Spooky Season Bars
Looking for a festive place to enjoy happy hour this Florida fall and winter? Look no further than our two favorite themed establishments in the heart of our beautiful city – Dracula’s Legacy Wine Bar & Bistro and directly next door – The Ale & The Witch Tap House in downtown St Pete. It is…
Disney – Epcot International Festival of Arts 2022
Sometimes people ask us- “why do you love Disney so much, isn’t it just for kids?” You definitely don’t need children to enjoy the wonders of Walt Disney World- especially with festivals, food, and drinks like this!! Adulting at Disney is our favorite kind of adulting- and one of our most favorite times to go…
St Pete – Favorite St Pete Beaches – Pass-a-grille Beach
One of the biggest reasons we chose to move to the St Petersburg, FL area seven years ago was the beaches – duh!! We originally fell in love with the Treasure Island and Madeira Beach areas but there’s a true gem just south of there and past the pink castle in the sand (The Don…
Disney – Running my First RunDisney Race… I mean races…. I mean like ALL of the races!
Big Announcement and I can’t believe I’m saying this out loud….
Disney – Guardians of the Galaxy: AP Preview Weekend
In May of 2022, after being Annual Passholders for over 5 years, we finally scored our first ever passholder preview for a brand-new ride!!! Guardians of the Galaxy- Cosmic Rewind at Walt Disney World’s Epcot! It was incredible and definitely now my favorite ride at Disney! It’s now officially open to the public and absolutely…
St Pete – Favorite Pizza Spots – Fabrica Pizza
Fabrica Pizza in Downtown St Pete has been on my list to try ever since I saw the yummy and enticing social media posts on the Fabrica Instagram and Facebook. A+ marketing finally got us in the door and we weren’t disappointed!
Disney – Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary Golden Statues
Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary is an 18-month celebration—which kicked off October 1, 2021, and features Golden character statues in each of the four Disney parks. It was so fun and satisfying to find and take photos of each of them over a couple of visits during the celebration! Yay for being annual pass holders…
World Travel – Belize Vacation 2021
Flashback Friday! Our first trip to Belize was in 2019 and that is when Mark and I officially fell in love with everything about it. We had wanted to return sooner but when the entire world shut down in 2020 we just continued isolating and dreaming and held out hope that we would return again…
Disney – RunDisney Marathon 2022
I can’t let another day pass by without finally sharing (and bragging) about Mark’s first full marathon and our first ever Disney Marathon weekend – he did incredible and it was fantastic!
About Us – Goals of the New Year 2022
Keeping it simple this year after a couple of unsavory years in a row – we’ve decided in 2022 to slow down and be grateful for the smallest things as much as possible.
Disney – Running My First RunDisney Marathon 2022
“Follow your dreams, they know the way.” Kobi Yamada I have referred to myself as a runner for over twenty years now, but believe it or not, have never signed up for a full marathon. I’ve decided to take on that frightening but also exciting challenge in 2022. My first marathon will be the Walt…
Disney – December Disney World Trip 2021
By now you know that we are Disney obsessed! But believe it or not, this was our first time back since the 50th Anniversary Celebration, which began on October 1st, 2021.That’s because as much as we love Disney we really dislike heavy crowds, so we decided to wait out the excitement a little bit and…
St Pete – Favorite Brunch Spots – Noble Crust
Another favorite brunch spot! If you have ever driven down 4th Street in St Pete – you have likely passed by a very busy looking establishment called Noble Crust – and if you are like us – you are intrigued, but intimidated by what looks like a long wait, especially when you are hungry! Well……
Tampa – Dinosaur World Florida
This is a fun one! When you often pass an epic looking place on I-4 near Tampa, FL that has giant dinosaur statues along the highway and looks a bit like a vintage tourist trap… plus you have friends that are as obsessed with Dinosaurs as you are – Dinosaur World is a must stop…
Tampa – Straz Center – CATS
Sometimes in life, a thoughtful act of kindness comes along, and the impact is deeper than you realize. When a very lovely friend of ours discovered she wasn’t going to be able to attend a show she had tickets for, and offered them to us, the emotions it brought forth were immense. Mark and I…
St Pete – Favorite Brunch Spots – Stella’s
We love a good brunch spot, especially one with outdoor seating and a good drink selection. So when we heard that Stella’s in Gulfport, Florida had a Bloody Mary Flight, we just had to check it out!
About us – October in Northern Ohio 2021
Mark and I were both born and raised in Ohio but we high tailed it out of there in 2015 and swore we would never look back at cold dreary weather. Each of us have made small trips back, but mostly for sad reasons (losses in the family) and not at all since the pandemic…
Florida Travel – Christmas in the Keys 2020
Here’s another #FlashbackFriday for you! Last year we had an amazing trip to the Florida Keys for Christmas 2020 and enjoyed unplugging for a few days. Like everyone in the world, the year 2020 proved to be an extremely tiring year with too many changes and hurdles to count. That’s why we, along with our…
World Travel – Our Belize Trip 2019
Our 2019 trip to Caye Caulker and Cayo, San Ignacio Belize was magic! As we get ready for another visit this November in a post-covid world, walk down memory lane with us!
Tampa – Our first visit to Bok Tower Gardens
This past April, Mark and I took a Staycation for the first time in forever. Meaning we took an entire 5 days in a row off of work and planned nothing (other than releasing precious Hocus squirrel back into the wild). We woke up each day and either decided on a local adventure or decided…
About Us – South Carolina Visit 2021
The first time we have traveled out of Florida since 2020 and it was to visit family in Greenville, South Carolina for a beautiful weekend on Lake Hartwell.
St Pete – Trophy Fish- Central Ave
terally crave the specialty cocktails and food from there and it’s becoming a regular hang-out anytime we venture down Central Avenue.
St Pete – Sea Hags Bar & Grill
Want a waterfront bar & grill with a lively atmosphere, great food, and even better drinks? Then allow us to tell you about Sea Hags Bar & Grill!
St Pete – Vintage Marché – Tampa Bay’s Largest Monthly Vintage Market
We recently had our Mid Century Modern minds blown when we finally visited the Vintage Marché Vintage Market for the first time during their July sale. Known as Tampa’s Premier destination for vintage, repurposed, and one-of-a-kind finds- we couldn’t agree more!
St Pete – URBAN Brew and BBQ
Urban Brew and BBQ is known for scratch made bbq and southern foods with a heavy emphasis on whisky, bourbon and craft beers.
Pinellas Park – Pride @ the Village 2021
Yesterday we attended the first-ever Pride Festival held at the Pinellas Art Village in Pinellas Park, FL and we were pleasantly surprised by what our little town accomplished! We’ve attended the last Saturday of the month art walks and block pARTies held at 5663 Park Blvd N and really enjoyed ourselves, so we thought this…
St Pete – Thirsty First Lounge
What good are Mondays if you can’t reminisce about all the amazing food and drinks from your weekends? I know that’s what gets us through – Check out Thirsty First!
Pinellas Park – Pinellas Farmers Market
Hidden gem alert! The Pinellas Farmers Market is located at England Brothers Park at 5010 81st Ave North Pinellas Park, FL 33781. The market recently had its grand opening on April 17, 2021 and seems to be going strong!
Disney – Renewing our Walt Disney World Annual Passes 2021
I know I know… that didn’t take long. Welp… we caved… and reinstated our annual passes for Walt Disney World!
Pinellas Park – Pinellas Arts Village
We’ve discovered a local gem (just blocks from our new neighborhood) and wanted to share it with anyone who enjoys a unique experience!! The Pinellas Arts Village located at the 5600 block in Pinellas Park is a hidden treasure for artists and those who love art! You’ll find inspiring art, photography, sculptures and so much…
St Pete – Top 5 Places for Mexican Food in St. Pete!
With Cinco de Mayo right around the corner, we thought it would be fun to feature our current top 5 favorite Mexican restaurants in St. Pete, FL!