Oh, HEY THERE!

So here it is...

My first post in nearly TWO MONTHS.

WHERE have I BEEN!?

"Pack it in, pack it in, let me begin..."

School... {I GRADUATE NEXT SATURDAY!}

Planning (and executing) a BEAUTIFUL wedding... {My first as the proud founder of Worth Wiles Events!}

And Georgia for Thanksgivin'{Most likely on our way there as our permanent humble abode}!

And now... I'm celebrating {nearly}

1,000 views!!

I know, I know... it's not a HUGE number. But, it's a HUGE deal to me. It takes a lot of guts, you know--sharing so much of your life with such a large part of the world.--but I'll tell you, I'm so glad I made the step. The influence a simple happy thought can have on the rest of the globe is absolutely undervalued. 

I have a friend in a far away state...

... and SHE'S got a blog.

In fact, that's how we caught back up--on the subject of blogs--and since then, she has shared one of her own, her canvas prints business is building, she has sent me inspiration via the pony express,

{Super SUPER cute Island Wedding magazine all the way from Nantucket!}

and continues to support me from afar, and I, her.

[PEEP THOSE AWESOME PAGES HERE and HERE]

We both have had positive influence on each other, and I sure do hope I'm doing the same service to those 1,000 views (I'm so proud... tehehe).

Anyway, I don't expect to be barking up the blog tree this week... I've got to finish finals STRONG for my LAST week as a student at Flagler College!

**MOM, I KNOW YOU'RE PROUD, AND I LOVE YOU.**

Stay cool, mates. I hope you had a FANTASTIC Thanksgiving, and I'll be sure to check back in soon! 

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Put-In-Bay

"CHECK-CH-CHECK-CHECK-CHECK-CH-CHECK IT OUUUUUTTT"

OH man... (no pun intended...) one of OHio's hottest spots is a ferry ride and a golf cart away from the Cleve(land).

This place was so stinkin adorable. Truly the St. Augustine (FL) of Ohio.

And the food...

{Lobster freakin Mac-N-Cheese HEAVEN.}

Brilliant.

That's where we ate (and not far from there, walked around). The weather was unreal. I mean... UNREAL. It was warm and cool and sunny and shady and breezy and crisp and... pretty perfect.

{Mind you... it's LABOR DAY in the streets.}

We saw the best of 'em, folks. Golf carts seemed to be the people mover of choice... 

Rented ones

Blue ones

Bridal ones

Buckeye ones

Broken ones

Crowded ones

Ones that looked like this...

Teenagers and bikers and tourists and retirees and hardcore fans, college and pro, people in bathing suits, birthday babies, bridal parties, religious messengers... SQUIRREL!... kids, dogs, bees, a FIRE, boobs, a woman in the mens room, 98 cent sweatshirts AND... 

BAR STOOLS THAT SWING.

Bravo, Put-in-Bay... you dressed to impress. I had a good time, really. :)

If you're ever hangin' around that way of the nation... you should for real stop by. I'd say it's one of those poorly polished gems not many people know about. ;)

Here's their website:
Put-In-Bay Awesomeness

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Air 'Merica

Just call me, "Travel McTravelson" 

There are at least three times throughout the year in which my sister and I roll together to a far away place....

Sister Stupendous Style

This usually means a head bobbin ride to the airport, a quick prayer for a safe flight, and seventeen billion magazines. I mean, seriously... we don't play around with reading material, and this is why...

Have you BEEN on a plane lately?

Is it just us, or is the flying experience suddenly including (and not limited to) re-routing to unfamiliar places due to delays... more than once, unfit mothers with screaming children, people picking their dandruffed hair over the seat into your juice, and crop dusting?

 {If you're unaware of the term, "crop dusting", this means FLATULENCE without taking ownership, walking out of the target zone briskly, and relishing in the disgusted faces of the innocent bystanders when the stench hits their sniffer.)

In this case, we were subject all four, plus a little side action involving seat kicking and a massive pimple on the cheek of our flight attendant.

MARTHA STEWART, VOGUE & PEOPLE

are the reason we survived this, ya'll.

 {I'll be doing some Martha Stewart DIY with sis later this month, so keep checking in! Good stuff!}
 

Anyway... 

Aside from the negative, there was a really cool part of our little re-route adventure. We got to view D.C. (from the airport, but... WHATEVER, RIGHT?!)

We flew in right over the White House and Capitol Building, which I had never seen aside from Forrest Gump and a few other political happenings on the news... 

I WAS SO STOKED.

Gives ya this... patriotic vibe, ya know?

We recharged with lunch and a brew, people watched in the most crowded airport pub I've ever experienced, made a couple strange friends, then we were off to the CLE!

Check it. I can't TELL you how unbelievably happy we were to see ground at that point. Family hiked us via Suburban about an hour out to the good ole Lake Huron, where we took part in family festivities at the resort, the wedding...

... and this little gem of a place called...

Put-In-Bay...

 

STAY TUNED!!!!

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Concrete Jungle

So I recently did this thing... where I went to New York City.

There is something super special about this place. I mean, aside from the extra special taxi driving, or the super special smell... I mean there is something that's all heart jumpity and eye widening about it. It's like you eat the little red mushroom from Mario and you grow a little taller.

When you step into those streets, you suddenly become absolutely anybody you would like to be.

So how 'bout it, NY? How does it feel to be your own universe?

I mean it, I think I lived ten thousand lives during that one spectacular trip.

I was an afternoon news anchor, a celebrity stylist, a marathon walker, an expert navigator, a wine connoisseur, a food critic, a top executive... {rambles}.

That's the case with every trip you take, really... you sort of become someone different when you arrive, and then you take someone different home. 

For example of lesser scale than that of the Big Apple - During one of my most recent grocery trips, I think I may have actually become the worlds best extreme couponer when I saved a whole FOUR DOLLARS on my super new, super cool razor. And when I drove home that day, my honey got some extra sugar for the proud mood I was in. I conquered the sale and brought a more confident woman home to a loved one.

So how 'bout it, ya'll? How does it feel to be able to morph into all these fantastic beings... just by the quick switch of your 'tude?

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, ALWAYS bring your own sunshine." -Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book

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