Hello, I'm Nicole, an engineer by degree but a creative at heart! I am the author of this family, lifestyle blog.
On Friday, May 4th, 2018, my brother Gregory called to let me know our younger brother, Anthony, had been shot. I could hardly understand him as he tried to speak through his despair, but he didn’t have many details at…
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Hi, Friends! It’s been a while. As much as I’ve wanted and truly desired to be back in this space, it’s been really hard to make time for this. But, when you love something, it…
Dorothy (expecting), Me, Mionna & Tia, Best Friends Forever 🙂 Photos by CharMarie Photography The second half of 2017 was one of the busiest for me. That’s the quick and dirty version as to why I haven’t written here in…
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); For the past few weeks, I’ve been following along as my cousin, Shamiika via JustMiik’s Journey, shares about her transition to veganism.  I have no desire to transition, but I found her journey to…
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*Affiliate links are included within this post. See full disclosure policy.* During our very first international trip, Mario and I planned things out as much as we could but we discovered that there were a few things we hadn’t considered.…
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We spent the bulk of our trip in Paris, so the majority of the food you’ll see in this post is from our time there, but one of the best meals we had was in London. We’ll get to that…
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Being able to travel is a privilege. Point blank. Period. Travel can be expensive, requires time off, and many different arrangements may have to be made (in our case, who to care for the kids while we were away). Nonetheless,…
Recently, my husband and I celebrated five years of marriage!! To celebrate, we spent a few days in Paris with a day trip to London on the day of our anniversary. We had the time of our lives during this…