Category: United States
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Louisiana Swamp Tour
I booked a combined double plantation plus swamp tour for a day based out of New Orleans. The plantation tour post will be up next, and I’m combining it with a plantation I toured up North of Baton Rouge. I often like to skip guided tours to places, and figure out transportation on my own.…
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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Baton Rouge
As I was planning my trip to Louisiana, my friend warned me I would be there for St. Patrick’s Day, and that it can get quite wild. Apparently, in Baton Rouge they don’t do much for either New Year’s or Mardi Gras, but everyone goes all out for the green holiday. My friend and her…
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Visiting Baton Rouge
As I was staying with my friend in Baton Rouge, I knew that she would know what I should do and see in the city, so I didn’t prepare a list of things to do. The first full day in Baton Rouge my friend had me drop her off at work and lent me her…
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Visiting New Orleans French Quarter
The French Quarter is known for its night life, architecture, art, and food. Walking through the streets during the day it is quite quiet, especially as you get further away from Jackson Square and Cafe Du Monde. Although that may also be due to the time of year I visited. I enjoyed watching as artists…
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Visiting New Orleans Garden District
In March I made a last minute decision and bought tickets to Louisiana to visit a friend for my spring break just two weeks later. I knew I needed to go somewhere warm for break, I was terribly depressed from the cold and dark my first winter in Boston. I thought it was a promising…
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Flavors of New York
When I go on trips on my own or with friends my food philosophy is centered around one or two main meals of the day. Even in New York, it is possible to find delicious and cheap food. 1. Tabare, Williamsburg Brooklyn Tabare serves Uruguayan style tapas in a rustic space with great decor. In…
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New York Day 3
Day three of New York we spent entirely in Brooklyn until it was time to run over to catch our bus. We left our hostel extra early to head over to Dumbo to get the “instagram shot” in front of the Manhattan bridge. It’s the most photographed spot in Brooklyn, and was incredibly packed when…
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New York Day 2
Day two was a day of back and forth. We started early as we headed to Manhattan to the Wall Street bull without a huge crowd. After we headed back into Brooklyn to check out the Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD). They currently had an exhibit up about American Chinese food, and included a…
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Welcome to New York!
Two of my friends in grad school and I love to go on weekend adventures. In February we had a three day weekend and decided to go to New York. One of my friends grew up in Manhattan, so she was the perfect tour guide. We stayed in a hostel in Brooklyn, which was a…
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Mountain Goats and Mount Monadnock
The title of this post is deceiving. We saw no mountain goats (there are none) at Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire. My friends are the mountain goats. They easily climbed up rock while holding a constant conversation. I on the other hand struggled with hoisting my legs up high enough and feeling like I would…