• Travel,  USA

    The Best of New York City (Tourist Edition

    In most of my travels I like to experience the city like a local as much as possible, but when in NYC why not go all-out tourist. My mom, grandmother, sister and I, along with my grandfather (bless him!) went on an all-out tourist trip to NYC in April, and boy did we love it. I’m excited to share with you some of my can’t miss things to do! Eat: Street Food: Some of the best food in the city is served out of a cart on the street corner. Nathan’s hot dogs are iconic and Halal Guys (as the name implies) serves amazing halal. Tavern on the Green: In…

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    Travel,  USA

    24 hours in St. Louis

    St. Louis is one of the many cities on our list to visit because of their baseball team. My husband, John, and I are making the rounds to every city with an MLB team. Lucky fr us, we were invited to a wedding in Effingham, Illinois which gave us the perfect excuse to fly into St. Louis. We flew in late on a Thursday to have a full day in St. Louis before the wedding festivities started on Saturday. Here are our top todo’s in St. Louis! Food: Soulard Coffee Garden & Cafe: A great cafe to fuel up for a long day of sight seeing. I opted for a bacon,…