I can’t remember how I first came across Little Brown Pen, the blog of Nicole Robertson, but I remember spending a few hours reading through her archives over multiple cups of coffee. Not a bad way to spend a morning! Nicole’s writing is so witty that I pretty much always end up laughing at the [...]
I spent my undergrad years in a small town in Southern Illinois surrounded by corn fields and a wonderful artsy, musicy community. St. Louis was a 45 minute drive west through rural prairies and across the muddy Mississippi and we went there all the time. I love St. Louis and I consider it my adopted [...]
I just realized I never showed you any photos from our crazy whirlwind/awesome road trip we took a few weeks ago! We left Chicago at 2am last saturday and drove through the city. It was funny to see it without its usual traffic. The sun came up in Indiana and we got to Cleveland around [...]
Hello, how are you all? My name is Harry and I blog sporadically at Itsonlyablog. I had the privilege of staying with Jessica and her husband Joel (and Cors of course!), when I visited the US in 2008. I live in a town of about 40,000 called Yeovil, in Somerset, England. There isn’t a whole [...]
We left Chicago Saturday morning at 2am-I know we are crazy people! But it actually made the drive go by quickly and the sunrise in Indian was so very pretty. All that to say my weekend project have all been done in a moving vehicle, but if I had had the time I would have [...]
Hi! I hope you’re weekend is off to a wonderful start! I’m just taking a little break from packing/playing Beatles Rock band with our travel companions. We’re leaving for a long road trip in just a few hours, excited! We’re driving to Cleveland to have brunch with my pretty friend Lauren and then on to [...]
Hello, all! My name is Anna, and I am so excited to kick-off Wayside Violet’s “My Hometown” series with a peak into the city where I have staked a claim for the past four years: Huntington, West Virginia. Huntington, WV, has recently enjoyed (or endured?) a significant amount of spotlight from the media. From the [...]
I am so excited because today I can finally tell you about the super fun Guest Blogger Series that I’ve been planning for this summer! The theme is “My Hometown” and each blogger will be writing about the perfect day in her/his hometown or current city; things like the best places to eat, super cute [...]
We’re taking a little road trip this weekend and I almost forgot about it! We’re driving down to Greenville for AgapeFest, it’s the only student run music festival in the states. I love how artsy/musical my alma mater is and I miss it sometimes. Joel’s been working with AgapeFest for eight years and we still [...]
I keep seeing the most adorable shops popping up on some of my favorite blogs lately. I’d love to visit them in person! I think local shops have so much more charm than mall stores, don’t you? I could spend way too much time (and money!) at Cast Away Yarn Shop in Santa Rosa, CA. Such [...]
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