Flying American Airlines Business Class | Dallas, TX to London, England

If you ever have the opportunity to fly business class for a long and/or over night flight (especially if someone else is paying for it) DO IT!!! It's so worth it! I may be ruined for all other forms of flight travel. 

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. 

Etsy: Southern RoseMary Free Domestic Shipping Sale!! | U.S.A.

I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving!! (at least everyone who celebrates it in the U.S.A. :) ) In case you do not already know, I have a shop on Etsy called Southern RoseMary. I help people express their style with hand embroidered pillows that pair the centuries old back stitching technique with charming and elegant modern designs. 

In addition to pillow covers, I also create embroidery hoop art and Christmas ornaments. Each item is stitched by hand (no embroidery machines allowed!) and handmade in Norman, Oklahoma. 

In honor of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, etc. Southern RoseMary, my Etsy shop, is having a SALE!

Arriving, Michigan Ave, & Eatly | Chicago, IL

My friend M and I both turned 30 this year so we decided to go on a trip together (I mean a birthday with a "0" in it is a good excuse right? lol). We chose to visit Chicago and it was so fun! 

Traveling back to the USA | London, England & Oklahoma

On day 14 we traveled back to Oklahoma. Our flight left London Heathrow airport at 7:30 am so we started our day extremely early. 

Innate Need to be Creative?

Do you ever feel that you have an innate need to be creative? Well, I do. I didn't discover this about myself until a year ago. Before then, I consistently had an outlet to create, design, paint, etc. 

So many pretty colors!

From Adventures in the Northeast to Southern RoseMary

Originally I started this blog to update my friends and family on the many adventures that occurred during my graduate internship in New England. However, my internship is over, I have a full-time job (and in my field of study no less!), and I am still having adventures. So....after moving across the country (again lol) and putting down roots I decided to start blogging again. 

Now that this Oklahoma girl has returned from New England I think my blog needs a little...freshening up. Hence the new title "Southern RoseMary" which also corresponds to the Etsy store that I am starting up :)

Stay tuned for more to come...... :)

"I've traveled every road in this here land" | CT, NY, NJ, PA, WV, OH, IN, IL, MO, KS, & OK

I may not have "traveled every road in this here land" but Mom and I should get medals after surviving my last move.

On our way home

Newport Mansions, Salem Witch Trial Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, Mayflower II, Plymouth Rock | Mom in New England | Newport, RI, Salem, MA, & Plymouth, MA

It seems like it has been forever since I have written! Life has been a little hectic and you will see why in my next posts. Sorry about the delay, but better late than never :)

Mom came to visit! So where do you go sightseeing in New England when your visitor does not care for big cities? Luckily, New England is full of small towns with interesting histories. We decided to visit Newport, Rhode Island, Salem, Massachusetts, and Plymouth, Massachusetts. 

Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Biblical Art, The Frick Collection, 9/11 Memorial, Serendipity 3, & Broadway | New York City, NY

Well folks, my time in New England is almost over. In a week and a half I will be all packed up and ready to move back to Oklahoma. But in the meantime I am sightseeing!!! 

MoMA, Claude Monet, Agapanthus, 1914-26, Oil on Canvas

Mystic Seaport | Mystic, CT

I now have a lot of free time on my hands before I move back to Oklahoma so....it's time for more sightseeing! 

Lyman Allyn Museum of Art | New London, CT

I am finished with grad school!!! As of May 4, 2012, all of my internship hours, reports, and documentation are completed and turned in. Now I just need to wait until May 19th before it becomes official with Texas Tech University. 

Carolyn and me on my last day

Mark Twain House & Museum, Grove Street Cemetery, Beineke Library, The Morgan Library, Dylan's Candy Bar, Broadway & Easter | New Haven, CT, New York City, NY, & Groton, CT

Well, it only took 7 months but I finally got an Oklahoman to visit me in Connecticut! My best friend and roommate from OSU, came to visit over Easter weekend. We visited a lot of sites in 4 days but it was so much fun! We toured Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe's houses in Hartford (fun fact they were neighbors).

Mark Twain's House

The Cloisters and The Met | New York City, NY

One of the perks of interning at an art museum is that I get to help on bus trips. A major perk of interning in New England is that we take bus trips to places like The Cloisters and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

The Cloisters

Boston Public Library, Trinity Church, North End, Yale University Art Gallery, and Yale Center for British Art | Boston, MA & New Haven, CT

Life has been incredibly busy the past few weeks so I will be posting several entries at once. I had the opportunity to make another trip to Boston, and to visit the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art. 

So far, Boston is probably my favorite large city that I have visited. It has an incredibly rich history, lots of artwork and cultural sites to visit, and it's large but it does not have the super fast pace or air of self-importance like New York City.


On this trip I visited the Boston Public Library and saw some incredible murals, Trinity Church in Copley Square, and the North End for some yummy gelato and a cannoli.

Boston Public Library

Passing my Exams, Dia: Beacon, Boston MFA, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Lubbock, TX, Beacon, NY, & Boston, MA

I'm sorry that it has been so long since my last post, but it feels like my life has been either consumed with studying or speeding by. 


From the middle of February through the beginning of March I have been preparing for my comprehensive exams and internship presentation in Lubbock. My week of academic hazing (as one of my professors puts it lol) consists of three days of writing essays in response to questions posed by my graduate committee members, a presentation and question and answer session about my internship experience, and an oral defense of my essays with my graduate committee. It was a long and nerve racking week, but I am extremely happy to report that I passed and will be receiving my Master of Arts in Museum Science in May :) 


Now that my exams are over I have time for more adventures. This past weekend I was able to visit three of the places on my list: Dia: Beacon, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Dia; Beacon

Exploring New London | New London, CT

I will be traveling to Lubbock, Texas, soon to take my comprehensive exams and give my internship presentation. Today I went exploring in New London to take photos to include in my presentation. Enjoy a pictorial journey of New London, Connecticut, one of the former major whaling seaports in the United States.

New London, CT

Times Square, Bryant Park, New York Public Library, Rockefeller Center, Top of the Rock Observation Deck, Broadway | New York City, NY

"...I want to wake up in that city 
that doesn't sleep 
and find that I'm king of the hill 
top of the heap


My little town blues
they are melting away
I'm going to make a brand new start of it
in old New York..."

Times Square

Providence, Rhode Island, RISD Art Museum, and Yale Hockey | Providence, RI & New Haven, CT

My latest adventure in the Northeast began with a trip to Providence, Rhode Island. I began my visit at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum. The Museum has a comprehensive and interesting collection. It even includes a house, attached to the museum, with original American furniture and artwork. 

RISD Museum of Art

Slater Memorial Museum | Norwich, CT

Norwich is a small town in Southeastern Connecticut. Its claim to fame is that Norwich is home to the Norwich Free Academy (NFA), a high school that focuses on liberal arts education. The NFA is also home to the Slater Memorial Museum which is a small museum that houses incredible treasures.