Love It.

After a great lull in my travels (over a year!), I am pleased to say that this spring and summer, I am back at it.

This spring kicks off with a trip to visit family in Arkansas with my brother, who I haven't seen since November! We're driving from Denver to Bella Vista, AK. If you know of anything cool to see between those places, PLEASE let me know and we'll try to swing off the interstate for a minute.
I'm also SO HAPPY to announce that I am attending a conference hosted by my nutrition school, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, in New York City on May 5th and 6th. I haven't been to the city in years, and I want to spend the four days that I am there seeing friends, eating and walking around. Hear that, friends in NYC? Come find me!
In July, I am flying to London to travel with my beloved friend Sarah. We're planning all sorts of shenanigans, and if you're in Europe this summer, let me know and we will find you.

I am aware that posts like this come off with not a little bit of "braggadocio" (to borrow a term from True Grit). Obviously I am psyched about all this travel, but I wouldn't blab it all to you if it weren't for these two reasons:
1. I know that with often with envy comes action. When I see people off doing wonderful things in amazing places I think, "Why aren't I there?" and then, "What can I do to get there?" So, let this get you OUT THERE with me.
2. One of my favorite parts about traveling is meeting up with friends (or friends of friends) in strange places. I have had coffee with a friend of my friend's mom in Hawi, Hawaii, roamed a cemetery with a childhood friend of Sarah's in Paris, stayed in Olympia, Washington with a guy I met at the Smoothie Shack in Maine, and celebrated a birthday of my boss's son's friend in Antigua, Guatemala. Sound confusing? It was, but there is always fun to be had with friends or quasi-friends in new places!!

What are YOU excited about this year? What are your travel goals this year, or this lifetime??

xoxo

Emily

Spring Spring Spring!

Here is another thing I love about spring: ADVENTURES!
I am like a bear in the winter. Or rather, I want to be like a bear in the winter but I am forced outside by the sheer fact that I physically cannot hibernate. So I love spring because all of a sudden I have the desire to do all sorts of things that I deem impossible during the frigid months.

A dear coworker told me about an antiques barn about an hour away from Burlington, so on a whim yesterday morning, Dustin and I meandered North to find it. We took a wrong turn at one point and found breakfast at Mix Bakery in Jeffersonville. I had DELICIOUS blueberry pancakes and strong coffee, which is about all I need in a morning. The barn was full of treasures, but alas the one that caught my heart exceeded my wallet...  

Bear claw.

Bear claw bracelet. Want it!

The Melt.

I love this time of year for a bagillion reasons. Here is one:

All sorts of weird things get lost in the snow all winter and watching them resurface is an added treat to spring. 

What do you see popping up?