Travel

A list of favorites of the vegetarian and vegan food I experienced at the Taste of Epcot International Food and Wine Festival during Walt Disney World’s 50th anniversary celebration!

Taking unique city tours when I travel to a new place is one of my favorite activities. Some people find certain tours to be too touristy, but I personally think it’s a great way to explore different neighborhoods, try the signature foods, learn about the city and even meet people.  I’ve been on walking tours, …

2019 is the year of travel, at least for me! I consider myself to be a full-time traveler right now – while I still have a home base in NC, I started off the year with a month of back-to-back traveling (with much more to come). Part of it is intended to find a place …

Are you headed to New York City for only a weekend? Here’s some of my favorite vegetarian finds, drink spots and things to do for a short getaway. A little backstory: My cousin Bella had an internship in New York City this summer. She had long work hours and limited weekends where she could actually …

This post was sponsored by NOW as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. When I was invited to attend the 50th anniversary event for NOW Foods this month, I was so excited! My family has used their brand of vitamins for as long …

As part of my NC farm tour this summer, I had my very first bed and breakfast experience! (See also: New Belgium Brewery Tour, The Farm pizza dinner and tour.) Carolina Bed & Breakfast in downtown Asheville was so welcoming and made my first time an easy one. Even though I wasn’t able to take …

Just outside of Asheville, North Carolina is a beautiful wedding and events venue called The Farm: A Gathering Place. This tour was part of the wheat and dairy farm tour I went on in June. See my post of the New Belgium Brewery tour too! I’d actually been to The Farm for a wedding a …

September is North Carolina wine month! To celebrate, I am sharing what I learned about NC wines on a recent tour I went on, where I visited a few locations close to the Raleigh-Durham area. First fun fact – did you know that North Carolina has over 400 vineyards and 200 wineries? Most of them …

Earlier this summer I went on a wheat and dairy farm tour in western NC. Not only did we get to tour a dairy farm, a wheat farm, a MilkCo production facility, explore local Asheville restaurants AND stay in downtown bed and breakfasts – we also were able to eat (and drink!) things that included …

Top Vegetarian (and Vegan!) Food Recommendations in Los Angeles Recently I visited Los Angeles for a conference and was able to explore the town for a few days. I mostly split by time between downtown LA and Hollywood, so here are my favorite vegan and vegetarian restaurants in those neighborhoods! Downtown Los Angeles Ramen Hood …

My trip to Boston this October was mostly about food – and visiting my cousin. 🙂 While it was a quick weekend trip, we sure ate a lot! We didn’t get to take any tours this trip, but I have before – and generally they are my favorite way to see a city. Especially if …

At the time of writing, it’s been a handful of months since I visited Salt Lake City for the first time. While most of my time there was spent in a conference (Everything Food!, so fun), I did have a some time in between and a full day to explore and walk around. (I walked …

A special thanks to La Farm Bakery and the NC Bloggers Network for this behind-the-scenes tour! There’s a cute little bakery in town I frequent for brunch (or latte art). And by little, I mean it’s always so jam-packed with people that there’s very little room to get in the door. Luckily they opened a …

A special thank you to Earth Fare of Concord for inviting me to their VIP opening! It was so fun learning about the company and getting to tour the new location. For participating, I received two Earth Fare gift cards, one for myself and one to give away. Read to the end to enter to …

In addition to traveling, lately I’ve been trying to get more involved in local events. Probably like most people, I realized I had been saving “adventures” for new cities and not exploring my own town! So when I saw an event come up at a local farm, Peaceful River Farm, which included a tour of their farm …

I’ve visited Charleston at least a handful of times. Sometimes they were short day trips, which made for a LONG day because it’s like a 4 hour drive from me. One time was in college and as broke students we were planning on camping out for a night, not knowing there was going to be a …

Austin, Texas vegetarian eats, treats and various activities. Visited in October 2016. Austin has been on my list of “Top Places to Visit” for a while now. Everyone I knew that had been seems to love the city. The stars finally aligned a couple months ago when a food conference was being held there and a travel …

Late this summer, I met up with my bestie in Las Vegas. Michelle lives in Canada, so she got an extra shock to her system when the temp got up to 118°F! While it wasn’t a food-centric trip (is that a word?), there were some places we ate that I thought would be fun to talk about here. …

It took me a few months to get to writing this post, because I wasn’t sure at first if I wanted to start writing travel posts. I finally figured since most of my travel does revolve around food, I would expand the “trying and eating” talk beyond just my own recipes. I also just got back from …