On our way home from the Outer Banks on Monday, Tom and I decided to make a pit stop at a new to us Virginia winery with one of the best names ever, The Dog and Oyster, on the Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail.I love dogs and I love oysters, so this was a must visit for me. After a long first leg of our ... Read More about The Dog & Oyster Vineyard
Family Weekend in OBX
My stepbrother just got back last from his first deployment in Afghanistan. To celebrate, my family met in Duck, North Carolina for some quality togetherness. My dad, stepmother and brother flew in from Oklahoma on Thursday, meeting my stepbrother and his wife in Durham, where they live, before ... Read More about Family Weekend in OBX
CoolTour Oporto
Our last day in Porto was arguably the best (don't miss day one and day two). Exhaustion pressed on, but so did we. We left bright and early for another tour in the Douro wine region, this time with CoolTour Oporto, and our adorable guide Jose who was incredibly knowledgeable about the area and kept ... Read More about CoolTour Oporto
Touring the Douro River Valley
Day two of our Porto trip started early (you can read about day one here and day three here). We had some wires crossed regarding a tour we had booked and got up way earlier than necessary for our pick-up. I'm not usually a big fan of taking tours on vacation, because I hate having my day scheduled ... Read More about Touring the Douro River Valley
Inside a Port Wine Cellar
The Porto trip was real. It was amazing. Those Internet travel sweepstakes are legit people! Sign up for them. Or don't, so I can win another one. We had a fantastic experience with our travel, and stuffed as much fun into the two and a half days we had in Portugal as possible. We left on a ... Read More about Inside a Port Wine Cellar