In summer, nothing beats a day by the water. This past Memorial Day weekend, Mark and I spent a day in the quaint waterfront town of Solomons Island, Maryland. Located just under two hours from both the Baltimore and Washington DC areas, the town makes for a great day out. Here’s what we did while there.
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Ghost tours are one of my favorite ways to explore a city. They help connect us to the history and issues of a time past and understand what lays behind the surface of a place.
I recently did the Baltimore Bewitched: Raven Bones & Ballads Ghost Tour with Baltimore Ghost Tours, part of US Ghost Adventures. The ghost tour I did focused on the Fells Point area of the city.
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When my good friend Anna got engaged and asked me to be one of her bridesmaids, her Maid of Honor pulled me in to help with planning a Richmond, Virginia bachelorette party. We had a great time in the city and our itinerary could apply for a variety of types of trips. Here’s what we got into during our time in The River City.
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Traditional travel has been a bit quiet for me for the past few months since I’ve shifted to spending my time visiting colleges with Markell. He is a senior in high school this year and as he’s been accepted to universities or had schools interested in him playing football, we have been visiting them.
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On the afternoon of January 31, 2025 I made an announcement on Instagram and Facebook that I would be taking February 2025 off of social media and not returning until March.
I took the month of January off social media last year and wrote about how it went here.
This year I took February instead of January off of social media and wanted to share how the experience went my second time around. My motivations for taking the break were different this time so that impacted how I felt.
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Noelle Across The Pond 