Block Island

Throughout my sister's high school and college years, Block Island was always her most favored summer destination. To this day, she treasures the moments in which her and her friends would spend the Fourth of July and the third of July, her birthday, at a large beach house on the petite oasis. This summer, her 25th birthday request was to spend the weekend of the Fourth on the island with her family. We stayed at the Spring House, a beautiful and historical inn that stands charmingly on a hill of emerald overlooking the Atlantic. The weekend was filled with delectable fresh sea food, scenic bike riding, sunbathing beside transcendent ocean waves, charming boutique shopping, and a quirky Fourth-of-July parade.

The Urbanist’s Paris

After reading New York Magazine's Spring Travel 2011 article on Paris, I began to yearn for the Parisian city. I last visited Paris when I was in seventh grade, but my treasured memories of each cafe, museum, site of interest, shop and market place remain vivid and authentic. Here are some photos from weheartit.com associated with the idyllic city.

Home is Where the Heart is

...Although I'm pretty sure my heart has stayed in Europe. Ahhh England, Wales and Ireland were all incredible. I arrived in the states yesterday, and although I appreciate the warmer weather, I yearn for the UK elements these past three weeks consisted of: Irish coffee, English gardens, Welsh farms, pubs galore, the dominating landscape of rolling hills and farm-encrusted valleys, disconnection from texting and email, thick Gaelic accents, the cardigan coast, European farmers markets, etc... to say the least.