North Carolina

A couple of years ago, my husband and I visited Banner Elk, North Carolina for a magazine assignment and subsequently fell head over heels in love with the charming town nestled amongst the Blue Ridge Mountains.  It is only a three hour drive from our hometown of Charlotte, thus it is the...

I never in a million years thought I would be in a magazine, thus imagine my surprise when Four Magazine approached me for a feature story in their Can I Live? issue!  Since the article was mostly about my career as a travel photojournalist and based off of my Ask...

Since we are currently snowed into our house, this Valentine's Day will be spent drinking champagne by the fireplace while watching the Olympics (Go Team USA)!  Originally, we had plans to visit my beloved New York City --  a trip that would mark the beginning of my Ambassadorship with Chic Retreats....

Summer feels like its forever away, but as soon as the temperatures really start to drop, we all start dreaming of endlessly long days of fun in the sun and warm and glowing nights where anything feels like it could happen.  Picnics, road trips, walks along the ocean -- it...

After enduring months of cold weather and endless days without sunshine, the only thing that is on anyone's mind is the arrival of spring.  What better place to celebrate brighter skies, blooming flowers, and the feeling of grass between your toes than in the North Carolina town of Banner Elk?...