Paseo Arts Festival | Oklahoma City, OK

To celebrate L's birthday this year, we explored the 43rd Annual Paseo Arts Festival in the OKC Paseo Arts District and went to Iron Star Urban Bar-B-Q for dinner. 

New England Road Trip: Olde Mystick Village & Mystic Seaport | Mystic, CT

After my late night last night, I started my morning a little later than usual. I began the day by going to B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill for some cider donuts. I arrived around 10:30 am and the Mill was packed! Because it was so busy, it was difficult to find a parking spot. However, the donuts were absolutely worth it and they were as good as I remembered :) 

New England Road Trip: Lighthouse Cruise, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, & Visiting My Old Stomping Grounds | New London, CT

I started the day by having an early lunch at Captain Scott's Lobster Dock (it has one of my top two lobster rolls of the trip!!). After lunch, I went on the Classic Lighthouse Cruise with New London's Cross Sound Ferry. It was so good!!

New London Ledge Lighthouse

New England Road Trip: The Elms, Servant Life Tour at The Elms, & Shopping Downtown and at the Wharfs | Newport, RI

I began the day by going on the "Servant Life Tour" at The Elms. It was amazing!!! If you are at all curious about the people behind-the-scenes who kept the house running (aka the real life Anna and Bates types from Downton Abbey), go on this tour! 

A few of the male servants

New England Road Trip: Downtown Portland, Maine Historical Society Tour, Shopping, & Old Port | Portland, ME

I arrived in Portland, Maine, late Sunday night. I settled into my Airbnb and crashed. I slept in Monday morning and then headed to downtown Portland. 

Waffle Champion, Christmas Pop-Up Shops, OKC Streetcar, & Katiebugs | Oklahoma City, OK

After going on some amazing travel adventures, I realized that sometimes it's fun to play tourist in my own home town. Last weekend my best friend and I decided to do just this as part of our Christmas present exchange. 

Liberty's & Regent Park | London, England

On day 13 we had tea and explored Liberty London and visited Regent's Park.

For our last full day in London, we decided to plan only one fun thing so we could relax and pack our suitcases. Our fun activity was having tea at Liberty London (a big department store). A co-worker recommended visiting Liberty's and boy was she right. Liberty's is so cool!! 

Liberty London department store