• Travel

    Welcome to Colorful Colorado!

    It’s the first weekend of my spring break! I flew out to Denver for a few days to visit my uncle Thad just because. The last time I was out here was almost four years ago for a family vacation to the Rockies. A year before that I came out here with my dad to see Thad and visit CU…

  • Reviews,  Travel

    Denver in a Backpack

    Over the last couple years I’ve become pretty obsessed with travel blogs, especially ones about how to pack for traveling. I love how you can carry your whole life on your back while exploring new places. I’ve gotten pretty good at packing lightly and efficiently, so I want to share some of my experiences here, too! For my Friday-Tuesday (3 full-day,…

  • Reviews,  Travel

    Favorite Spots in Columbus

    When I started college last year, Columbus sometimes felt like a sister city to Cincinnati. In Columbus’s Short North arts district, just down the street from Ohio State’s campus, many of the shops and restaurants were first or second locations to the establishments in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine. (Homage, Bakersfield, and The Eagle, anyone?) In some ways, I liked it: I could still…