Hello August! I’m writing this from the lake and just reflecting on the past month.  Doing monthly recaps is not just a fun way to share all your favorites. It’s a great way for me to better understand what’s resonating and what you’re looking for. Just a friendly reminder, FBM keeps the lights on by […]

Early this spring and into the summer, we have been venturing out of Washington DC. to the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  It started as a COVID escape – we couldn’t travel far as the kids’ school had restrictions. But it was honestly a great push to get us to explore this part of the country […]

  Say goodbye to the shortest month of the year and say hello to being one step closer to spring.  This February was one of the snowiest we’ve had in a long time here in DC. It was great to get that full winter feeling, but with how quickly it turns to muddy park visits […]

Another month bites the dust! January was an interesting month for sure. While we didn’t plan on this, we made the call to leave DC and headed to the PA mountains where the kids really tuned the page with skiing. It was so nice to actually ski next to them! As per my monthly usual, […]

When we were looking at neighborhoods to move to in DC from Philly, one of my requirements was close proximity to a Trader Joe’s. While the best neighborhood for our family was Capitol Hill, at the time there was no TJ’s within walking distance. Don’t get me wrong, there were plenty TJ’s in the area, […]

This July, we are coming up on three years living in Washington, D.C.  While it is a city that I chose to go to college to, it was not a city that I wanted to come back and live in.  When we made the decision to move here, I kept telling myself and everyone around […]