If you’re like me and follow 1000+ travel sites on social media, then you’ve probably seen over the past two years that San Miguel de Allende is THE hottest travel destination right now!  With its Spanish colonial architecture, hilly cobblestone streets, and artsy vibe, it truly is an unforgettable destination centrally located in the heart of Mexico. But, I’m here to tell you why San Miguel de Allende is a little overrated and where you should go instead!  I wish that San Miguel had been on my radar about ten years ago, back when it was just an artsy, picturesque

Christmas in New York City - A Magical Experience You Soon Won't Forget: Visiting New York City at Christmastime is on many a person's bucket list, and if it's not on yours, it should be!  The words Christmas and New York City are synonymous in my brain, and if you've ever been to NYC at Christmastime, you know what I'm talking about! In short, New York City is Christmas for the month of December (and one week in November)!  Every block you stroll down comes to life with beautiful Christmas lights, and as you stroll down Fifth Avenue, the store

Before handing over all of next month's paycheck to take yourself or your whole family to a Dallas Cowboys game, keep reading below for my tips and tricks on how to get the most out of your Party Pass Ticket and save yourself hundreds of dollars in the process. As a former teacher with a bad case of the wanderlust, it can be hard during the school year when you don’t have the time or the money you need to travel.  I used to have a limited amount of vacation days at my disposal, and I always had a limited

Let's get back to it, shall we??  If you didn't catch Part 1 of "How Kiki Got Her Groove Back...And Then Some!", you can give it a read here.  In Part 1, I explained my first two steps in my Self Discovery 101 plan, so make sure to read that first.  If you skip it, it would be like baking a cake without creaming the butter and sugar together first!  Mmmm, cake...but I digress! So, now that you’ve recentered yourself in your essential Kikiness (insert your own name here + ness) and started opening yourself up to new experiences, it’s time

Let’s go back in time to 1998.  I had just started my sophomore year of high school, and the album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, had just been released.  As a teenager, I spent hours in my bedroom listening to music, and boy did I feel like Lauryn really understood me!  But looking back, it amuses me to think about my teenage relationship woes...my crush didn’t like me back, my best friend got a new boyfriend and didn’t have time for me anymore, I’d never find a boyfriend who liked me for my stick-figure physique, etc.  Of course at the

Does this sound all too familiar?  When you were in a relationship with your ex, your social calendar was so full, you had to turn down invitations to hang out with friends from your various social circles, just so you two could have some alone time together.  You two would schedule your weekends together...game night with this group of friends once a month, a double date with this couple every third Thursday, happy hour with the couple you just met in your condo building, and so forth!  But now, now that you’re single and ready to mingle, you have to

People come into your life for a reason or a season...it's that simple.  It's a straightforward truth but one that has taken me my entire adult life to understand and accept.  I still don't have all the answers, nor will I ever, as to why this is, and the eternal optimist in me really struggles with this truth.  As friends, family, and romantic partners have floated in and out of my life over the years, it has become clear that there are no guarantees in life and in love.  This may sound bleak, but the optimist in me still finds