This post on the best relationship podcasts for couples to listen to together has been a long time coming, so before I share my favorite podcasts for couples recommendations here’s a bit of context. Confession. I used to hate podcasts. I just didn’t get the fascination. Flash forward to today and I have a major obsession with podcasts. From blogging…
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Why not…. transition into fall in a French inspired way! La rentrée literally translates to “at the return” and it refers to the transitional time of summer to fall. Most cultures celebrate this transitional time as it’s usually when kids go back to school, but in France, it’s not just something school age kids or parents feel. It’s all around…
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I get asked for book recommendations pretty frequently so I thought I’d keep a running list of books of I’ve read this year, including which books are my absolute favorites. I’ve been a dedicated reader since I was a child. In fact, my parents used to give me time limits for how long I was allowed to read daily because…
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Menerbes, France was one of our favorite villages that we explored in Provence. While we tried to visit new to us villages this trip, we went back to Menerbes because we felt we didn’t get enough time there last trip. Menerbes is one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France, or Most Beautiful Villages of France. We planned our time in Provence…
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Let’s chat post travel blues! Just like that, our three week road trip around France and Italy is over. No matter how long a vacation is, it has to come to an end at some point. That’s when many people, myself included, deal with post travel blues. For me, the post travel blues are most intense after coming back from…
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I’m writing this post from Paris. In a beautiful apartment we are renting, with a wraparound balcony that overlooks the Eiffel Tower. (More to come on that soon!) It’s 5:30am and I cannot sleep. It’s dark outside and the normally noisy city is quiet, except for the sound of the pouring rain on my Parisian rooftop. I’ve snuck out of…
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I’m a serious bookworm who will read just about anything, but ever since we’ve been married, I’ve added marriage books for couples to my reading list. I’m really not into the super cheesy marriage books, so I tend to stick to marriage counseling books and marriage self help books that veer on the non cheesy side of things. There are…
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A Love Letter to my First Love (and Now Husband!) To my first love and my now husband, Over the past 17 years, we’ve been through so much. We met at such a young age when no one believed it would ever last. Here we are, 17 years later, and I love you more than ever. It hasn’t been an…
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On the last day of our road trip around the south of France, we explored the gorgeous medieval village of Eze. It quickly became one of Bassam’s favorites after Baux de Provence. (Are you noticing a trend? He loves the medieval villages!) Perched on a hilltop in the middle of Nice and Monaco, Eze offers stunning views of the Mediterranean…
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One of our favorite things about having a flexible itinerary is being able to add stops to it as we discover wonderful new places. One night in L’Isle Sur la Sorgue, we stayed at a restaurant very late as we enjoyed an amazing 5 course meal and two bottles of wine to share. A French couple sitting near us kept…
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Ah the South of France. Our favorite place in the world to travel to. We recently went on a 10 day South of France road trip and it was hands down our favorite trip ever. We are actually going back for our anniversary this year to do another South of France road trip. If you’d like to experience it for…
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Spring is here! And with it comes a sense of renewal, energy, invigoration, and life. You can feel the sense of energy positively buzzing in the air and you can literally see growth all around you. This is the time of year butterflies start to hatch, the weather begins to warm up, and flowers are blooming all around. It’s nature’s…
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Life can be hard, but we believe the hard times are the best time to add joy to your life and makeover your mindset with more positivity! Life can get so busy sometimes that our own happiness and joy can take a backseat. A common misconception that people have about living a joy filled life is that it takes “too…
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If you’ve been following us for awhile, then you know that JOY is one of my core values in life. When I discovered there was a day dedicated to the celebration of happiness, I was just so, well, HAPPY! Happiness gets a bad rap for being an overly “fluffy” topic or something that just doesn’t matter, but I truly believe…
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Looking for spring date ideas? We’ve got 50 fun springtime date ideas for you to add to your spring bucket list! Winter can be a really romantic time for dating, but spring is our favorite! After a long winter, it feels so nice when the weather starts to warm up. We’ve usually been cozy all winter, so we’re craving being…
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