The Crystal Coast boosts far more than what I've recommended through the past attractions and dining experiences I've written about. I thought I'd share with you some of the exciting thin…

Every summer, my family looks forward to a beach vacation.

I've heard people speak negatively about the town I reside and I've heard people sing it's praises.

I'm going to share with you some of my favorite summer day trips for the NC Triad area as well as a few I would like to explore!

Thanks so much to our friends at Covered in Cotton for sending me their Tobin Throw.  All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.  Mother's day looks very different this year, w…

In the times during and after the Great Recession, business owners in the USA have had trouble coping with the unfavorable economy. While things have greatly improved since the consequences of the re…

Our friends at Mystery Hill in Blowing Rock, NC are giving away 4 Mystery Hill combo tickets to a lucky reader! Enter multiple days, multiple ways!

Thank you to Riverside Log Cabins for providing me with lodging which enabled me to review their business. All thoughts and opinions shared below are my own. As soon as you reach a certain level of …

I was born and raised in North Carolina and throughout my life non-North Carolinians love to make fun of our reaction to snow. I get it, we get a threat of an inch of snow and we race to the grocery…

Thank you to Tweetsie Railroad for providing me with complimentary tickets in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts shared are my own. If you live in North Carolina or surrounding states, a vi…

I joke with my husband that I am the only person he knows who is FROM North Carolina. Nearly all of our friends and his coworkers grew up in Ohio, Michigan, or the Northeast. I'm not really sure…

I have lived in the south for more than 20 years, yet I still consider myself a 'northerner'. There are tons of 'transplants' from the north down here in the south. Let's face it…