After spending 2 days in the bustling sweltering neon lit city of Las Vegas, it was nice to get out of town for some much needed communing with nature. We rented a houseboat and trolled Lake Mead for a few days. The schedule was ideal: wake up, eat breakfast, read, swim, eat lunch, swim, read, … [Read more...] about Favorite Travel Memories: Lake Mead
Favorite Travel Memories: Dublin
1. The Brazen Head Pub, 2. Sammi and Lindsay with their empty Guinnesses and mine still half full It took me the whole day in Dublin to recover from my London New Years. An early morning Ryanair flight and an afternoon nap later, Sammi, Lindsay and I went downstairs at our hostel to read. A group … [Read more...] about Favorite Travel Memories: Dublin
The State of the Savings
I'm about halfway through my pre-travel period. It's been a little over 3 months since I decided to go to Australia and I've only been saving up since the end of July. It took me a month or so to pay off my debts from the last trip (my grandmother loaned me money for the airfare between Thailand and … [Read more...] about The State of the Savings
#1 Party School
The local paper after opening game day In case you haven't heard, the Princeton Review named the University of Georgia the #1 Party School in the Country. For some reason, Georgians have become insanely proud of this title. I was told my school was a party school and I resented that, but also did … [Read more...] about #1 Party School
Read On: Decatur Book Festival
Ponce and Church in Decatur I swear. This festival must have been made for me. I wrote a little blurb in the Sunday Paper about the Decatur Book Festival and Mom decided we had to go for the day, since the whole family was in town and not working for Labor Day. If you didn't know … [Read more...] about Read On: Decatur Book Festival