Category: Wicked Wanderlust
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We rotate holidays with Dave’s family in Kansas City, Missouri. Thanksgiving one year, Christmas the next. The kind of arrangement that sounds reasonable until you’re loading toddlers into car seats and committing to ten hours on the interstate. This year, nobody had Christmas off, so we rescheduled for January then February. Which is how we…
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January 25–February 2, 2020 We called the Disney Fantasy our home for seven days—and honestly, that still feels accurate. This was our very first cruise. We went big. Balcony room. Extra experiences. Full commitment. We booked a Star Wars Day at Sea sailing, which meant we were sharing a ship with stormtroopers, Jawas, and a…
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What Even Is Frankenmuth? (And Why Have I Basically Lived There) Frankenmuth is Michigan’s own Bavarian cosplay town—a gingerbread-looking little escape where every building has the audacity to be adorable. Think lederhosen, river walks, endless fudge samples, and chicken dinners that could resurrect the dead. My family has been Perks Club members at the Bavarian…
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This was taken at a Sunflower Festival 2022 at KC Pumpkin Patch in Kansas City, Kansas. The air smelled like BBQ, the sunflowers were thriving, and I briefly believed I had been chosen by the photography gods when someone dropped a camera filter. I found it and celebrated. And then…immediately lost it. This skeleton perfectly…
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Arrival & Mild Disasters We left early on December 8, 2021—water bottles in hand, bags barely zipped, and that quiet, practiced calm that comes from knowing the airport routine a little too well. It was our first time flying out of the Detroit airport since they’d rearranged everything, and of course, that meant chaos. We…
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Where Hockey Meets Shenanigans There are two kinds of Michigan nights: the ones you forget, and the ones loud enough to rattle your ribcage. Monday, November 24 was one of the latter. We headed out for our second annual showdown between the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs (yes, those Bulldogs from Shoresy) and the Detroit Red Wings…
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Prelude: Chaos Before the Coven At the time, I was living in Traverse City, and we decided to fly out of Grand Rapids for a few reasons: it was closer, it was cheaper, and there just so happened to be an In This Moment concert at 20 Monroe Live the night before our flight. Because…
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💞 Prologue – ‘Cause You’re My Zing The first official movie date my ex-husband and I ever had was to see Hotel Transylvania at the Eaton Theatre. From that night on, it sort of became our thing. We called each other our “Zing”, quoted the movie constantly, and even made our wedding-reception entrance song “My…
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In honor of Derek Sanders of Mayday Parade getting married earlier this month, here’s a throwback to the shot I took of him performing at the last nationwide Vans Warped Tour. A moment frozen in sweat, sound, and summer nostalgia—before the curtain finally closed on an era.