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Phoenix

April 24, 2022

My sister got married in Phoenix, which made it the third time I have gone in three years. I’ve always had Tucson loyalty but…

Smuggler’s Notch

April 23, 2022

This winter, I learned to ski. And not only that – I grabbed skiing by the horns. Or the poles. I took three lessons…

Jay Peak & Downtown Burlington

April 15, 2022

For Casey and my one year marriage anniversary, it was also pretty much the one year anniversary of us deciding to move to Vermont….

Cambridge

March 23, 2022

I did not expect to like this small town very much but I’m glad I was wrong. Harvard’s campus is wonderfully picturesque, but I…

Salem

February 23, 2022

Crossed off a bucket list gem with a friend this fall. I’d love to return outside of Halloween because of how quaint the colonial-era…

St. Albans

January 23, 2022

Before we even decided to look for a house in Vermont, we came to visit. Casey was working from home so I just took…

Waterbury

December 23, 2021

So if Los Angeles is the Los Angeles of California, I would say that Waterbury is the Los Angeles of Vermont. Waterbury is very…

Moving to Milton

November 23, 2021

My husband and I moved to Vermont in June. The most common question we get is, why Vermont? Depending on who’s asking, sometimes I…

Gilroy, California

August 23, 2021

My husband and I have had a fascination with Gilroy ever since we moved here. Apparently, it is the largest exporter of garlic in…

Our honeymoon

August 15, 2021

Sometimes I think that as a couple, Casey and I are blessed with extraordinarily good luck. We didn’t really have a honeymoon plan because…

I'm Katie, or Katya, or Catalina, depending on where I am.

I love traveling and collecting scraps along the road to document my memories. This blog is partly a scrapbook, partly a travel diary.

So far, I've been to twenty countries. I've traveled extensively through Russia. Central Asia and Eastern Europe are still on my bucket list, as with South America. I love planning weekend getaways around the US to states I haven't visited yet.

My hometown is Austin, Texas. You can find posts about Austin here.

My husband and I had the perfect pandemic elopement in Saratoga, California. You can find posts about it here.