Sonoma, California will always be one of my favorite places in the whole entire world. Growing up there, it was just “home” – I didn’t know anything else. It wasn’t until I left that I discovered just how incredible it…
It is no secret that I love to travel and always have a bucket list a mile deep so I love being able to look back at where I’ve been and what I did in the past year. While this…
Growing up in Sonoma we spent many Sundays driving into “the city” and so San Francisco holds a special fondness for me. The view of the bridge that hits you right as you come out of the tunnel when driving…
A few weeks ago we decided to head up to another beach town along Lake Michigan – that day’s destination: Silver Beach in St. Joseph, MI. It was a great spot to spend the day and was one of my…
Over the Fourth of July weekend, we decided to venture out on a roadtrip through Michigan. Since neither Matt nor I had ever been and we got a ton of recommendations, we decided to try to hit up as many…
A great trip should be the perfect balance of fun-filled days of plans with friends and family and days of complete relaxation with nothing on the agenda. This past trip home was exactly that. If I could re-do that week…
traveling is one of my biggest passions and i am so glad i was able to fit in a handful of trips in 2014, from trips abroad to bachelorette parties with girlfriends to work trips and couples trips and even…
today i am wrapping up my week of #californiachristmas with my travel diary from our glorious week at home. it was truly the best visit home – all of my siblings and their spouses were there, which is nearly impossible…
today i take you over the valley to napa, where we went wine tasting one day with my brother and his wife as well as my sister and her husband. we had a great time cruising through the valley, stopping…
while we were home in california for the holidays, we made sure to do some wine tasting. since i am from wine country – grew up in sonoma and went to school in napa – people always think i am…
finally back from a much-needed holiday and blog break, ready for what 2015 will bring! i hope y’all had wonderful holidays and are excited for what is to come. if you follow me on instagram (@mkminnis_ghl), you know we…