I am passionate about small business. This year, more than ever, we need to support small businesses. The holiday season presents the perfect opportunity to show our support!

This list is compiled of businesses I love along with suggestions from friends and family! I would be ecstatic to receive gifts from any of these businesses, so you could say they are all ‘pish posh approved!’

Okay friends… I REALLY LIKE CANDLES & I really like small business.

So, I decided to curate a list of small business candle shops so y’all stop waiting til the last minute and buy all your candles from Bath & Body Works or Wal-Mart or Target.

Sound like a plan? Great!

In 2015, I started a #foodstagram account called @washingtonfoodgirl.

Foodstagram is a special corner of the internet filled with the love of food. Remember when everyone was being annoying at restaurants and taking pictures of their food? Well… quite a few of those people still exist, and I’m one of them. 

Astoria, OR is a destination in the northwest corner of Oregon. It was the filming location for the cult classic film, The Goonies and has small town charm with a lot of history. With four breweries, proximity to the coast, and a few tourist attractions, Astoria is perfect for a quick weekend trip!

Bend, Oregon is my absolute favorite long weekend getaway. I think this is the best brewery town in the country and I don’t think I will ever get tired of doing the Bend Ale Trail challenge! This post is all the places you need to go and things you need to know about traveling to Bend, OR.

I get migraines, a lot. It is terrible.

If you know you know.

My migraines usually last a full day and no matter what I do, they do not go away but the products listed help ease the pain.

I started recording all of the breweries that Casey and I went to this year! Here is a list of all of the breweries we’ve visited in the first 6 months of 2020. One of our favorite things to do when we explore somewhere new or visit an old favorite town is drink some local beer. Even with COVID slowing down our plans, we were still able to visit 23 breweries!

use these prompts tp reflect on what you have experienced, felt, and learned from the past few months and clarify what you want for the future. you can use these prompts over and over again.

My reading goal for the year started out at 25 books… well we are halfway through the year and I have read 19! I am way ahead of schedule (Thanks Rona) and I might need to increase my goal for the year.

This post is a list of all of the books I have read so far this year with a little of my thoughts on each. Click the link on the title of each if you want to purchase!