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Weekend Guide: How to Spend 2 Days in Miami
Can’t decide between a beach trip or a city break? In Miami you can have both! Here’s how to spend 2 days in Miami. Miami, you’ve stolen my heart! I visited for the first time March 2018, and I can’t stop coming back at least once or twice a year! When I’m looking for some fun in the sun, Miami is my number one choice for a weekend away! For me, it’s just an hour and a half nonstop flight from New Orleans. I can easily leave on a Friday evening after work and be back Sunday night in time to make it to work on Monday morning. It’s a quick…
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Weekend Guide to Big Bend National Park
Updated 3/14/2023 Compared to the crowds found in more popular national parks such as Zion and Yosemite, Big Bend National Park is much more sparsely populated. To be honest, I hadn’t considered it, or had even heard of it, until my dad moved to nearby Midland, Texas. When I took a trip to visit him over the Thanksgiving holiday, we spent the weekend exploring Big Bend National Park. Big Bend is the ultimate hidden gem of the Nation Parks Service. Best time of year to visit This depends on your tolerability of heat and cold, but fall and spring are the ideal times to visit. There won’t be too much rain or…
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New Orleans Food Guide: Where To Eat and Drink In The Big Easy… And Avoid the Tourist Crowds
Living in Baton Rouge, I am only a little over an hour’s drive away from New Orleans. I love to go for the day most weekends. The food scene is top notch. Seafood, soul food, Vietnamese, Creole, the list is endless of amazing eats to find in the Big Easy. There are so many great lists of restaurants out there about where to eat in New Orleans. For my birthday this fall, I set out to eat my way through New Orleans for an entire weekend. These are a few of my favorite spots. They also have the added benefit of not being quite so famous and not so full…
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How to spend a weekend in Little Rock, Arkansas
Fall is pretty much nonexistent in south Louisiana. Being from upstate New York, I find myself missing the changing colors of the leaves and the crisp, cool fall air. This fall, I took a drive to Little Rock, Arkansas in search of fall. My sister came along as co-adventurer on this little trip. This was my first visit to Little Rock and to the state of Arkansas as well. The drive from Baton Rouge was easy to make Friday evening after work. The rolling hills through Mississippi and north Louisiana provided a relaxing backdrop as we cruised along. The sun setting behind them cast a magical glow as…
