The Blog

Having just passed a milestone of a birthday, Cailin is a living her best thirty, flirty, and thriving life. Basically, she’s Jenna Rink. Well, if Jenna had traded in her 1980s neon spandex for early 2000s alternative grunge. (Seriously. Cay has some very serious opinions about My Chemical Romance tribute bands…) Cailin and I have […]

When I say Salem, Massachusetts, you automatically think of the Witch Trials in 1692. It’s ok. I do too. Well, I did before this past trip. I wish I had the space and the capacity to give you a full rundown of the nuanced and complicated timeline of that year or so, but I don’t. […]

(Flight 93 Memorial visited April 29, 2017) Mrs. Reynolds hung up the phone and came back to where we were all sitting cross-legged on the floor. I remember it as seconds between the click of the phone and the words coming out of her mouth. But it must’ve taken longer than that. Unless she, too, […]

Raise your hand if, when you think ‘Comic Con’, you get a mental image of Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory. (Obviously I can’t see you, but I am assuming there are plenty of hands raised out there…) Now, I know it’s bad to generalize, but come on. I’ll admit that’s the vision I […]

State Guides are a collection of all the places, recommendations, things to do and other tips I have for that specific state organized by county/region. They will be updated as I continue to travel an explore. Relevant posts that offer even more details will be linked. When looking at Vermont on a map, don’t be […]

Leading group trips has always been a dream service I wanted to offer at Dylan in the Details, but, honestly,  I thought it was way too early. I had all the excuses in the world as to why my platform wasn’t big enough, I wasn’t experienced enough, and I had no idea what people would […]

White Water Adventurers hosted me for a day of rafting on the Youghiogheny River, but all opinions are my own. For more information on sponsored posts (and how I only recommend what I truly love), visit my Work with Me page. A Note Before We Start It is worth remembering the Indigenous Peoples who were […]

Picture yourself at the airport. You’ve just gotten off the plane and are ready for a two week vacation in your dream destination. Walking through the terminal, you pass the baggage carousel just as that atrocious honking sounds, signaling the conveyor belt of bags is about to start. But you don’t pay any attention to […]

Berkshire Rivers Fly Fishing hosted Alex and I for a day of fishing, but all opinions are my own. For more information on sponsored posts (and how I only recommend what I truly love), visit my Work with Me page. The last time I went fishing, my pole was Tweety-Bird themed and I was seven. […]

(Visited January 20, 2017) Without Lillian Cunningham of the Washington Post, this story is not possible. (In case you’re wondering, yes I did thank her on twitter and yes, she did respond back.) When her podcast, Presidential, reached its episode on Jimmy Carter, Cunningham traveled down to Plains, GA to sit in Carter’s Sunday School […]

Even though the famed magician died almost one hundred years ago, there is one place where the great Harry Houdini still lives. No, it is not within the bustling streets of New York, or even in the shadow of the Magic Castle in Los Angeles. The world famous Houdini still lives in a small theater […]

Undoubtedly the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and celebrations rank high on a list of top things to do in Dublin. However, if you were going to take a poll of the person least likely to want to be in town for these antics, I would probably win. (I tend to dislike both drunk people and […]