Life doesn’t stay the same. That’s the fun of it, right? So after two years living in London, we’re back home to an area where I lived for eight years prior to life abroad. With that, my blog’s direction also has to evolve.

A few things that definitely won’t change –

My focus on discovering great beer and breweries!

It is and always will be a personal passion for both Jim and I. We’ve been out of the US beer scene for two years and in that time there’s been an unbelievable amount of changes to the market. This is also my first time ever writing about American beer so I can’t wait to get started. I promise I’ll keep the beer articles coming…

Travel Stories and Experiences

I won’t come close to the 20+ country whirlwind traveling tour I experienced throughout the past two years, but with a move back to the States we do hope to do more USA related travel – and so I will always be on the lookout for new places to experience.

Additionally, I’ll be filling you in on many of the stories I still haven’t shared from my recent travel to other countries, so I can guarantee there will be no shortage of new travel insights.

New post coming soon – The Abu Dhabi Experience

New post coming soon – Not to Miss Villages in Cornwall, England

Other fun new additions –

Readjusting from Expat Life

Thanks to some amazing travel events and conferences I’ve attended over the last year, I’ve met many other travel writers and bloggers similar to me. Some who don’t have a home base, some who do. Some who have are currently expats and some who have also returned home.

With all of that, there is change. Lots of it!

I will write some stories about re-adjusting to the life I was used to before all of my traveling and new life in a different country – what’s great, what’s not so great and how I cope with all that ongoing change, topics I hope many of my new friends can understand and even relate to.

New York City

From the time I first visited New York as a child, I knew that I would live in New York, and that somehow this city would forever change my life. Sadly, though, I’ve never written about it.

So with my newfound love of travel writing, there’s so much I want to write about this city, and I look forward to sharing some interesting experiences with my readers.

Life as a Jersey Girl

Jim was born and raised in New Jersey and receives sole credit for introducing me to all-things-Jersey from the moment I met him in 2007. From the fall of 2008 until I moved to London in January 2012, we lived in Jersey City, a place I resisted moving to at first.

But once I was there, I never wanted to leave! Now that we’re back in the US, we had the opportunity to again live in Manhattan. But for me that wasn’t even on my list of possible places to consider…

Jersey City was what I wanted!

Paulus Hook neighborhood of Jersey City_January 2014

From time to time you’ll also find me in Belmar, near the beach in the Jersey shore, where my in-laws live and the beach Jim and I regularly frequent during the summer season. The Jersey shore is an interesting and fun place and I know I’ll find a few good stories to share with you.

I promise to keep the stories coming! I hope you’ll continue along the journey with me…