CANCUN

Hello friends. I have the post vacation blues. Last week we went to Cancun for a long girls weekend. We stayed at an all inclusive resort and now I don't think I'll be able to go to the beach without a cabana boy to bring me drinks and snacks. It really was the best. We had these matching hats and they were a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge hit you guys. People really loved them, we all took artsy instagram model pictures of us looking out over the ocean from the daybed with a drink in our hands. Coming home and having to make my own meals and pay for things was really tough... 

Without further ado, here are some photo highlights from our trip!

I might write a whole series of posts, or maybe this will be it. We may never know! We had such a blast though, I'm already ready to go back. 

Kasey at The Bar: Old Smoky Moonshine

So a couple weeks ago I turned old, I refuse to accept I was old, so I did what any responsible adult would do, I went moonshine tasting obviously. 

So as soon as we walked up to this place, we knew it was going to be good. There were boys playing banjos. Mind you I even walked past a Margaritaville to get to this place. First of all, I'm totally on board with the sass talking bar tenders in overalls. Totally completes the experience. SECOND OF ALL all the moonshine shots. 

So you walk in this place, get sassed by the bartender, then immediately start taking little half shots of all the moonshine. You don't have to take them all, but it sure is more fun that way... I have to say, I did skip the egg nog one, because I know my limits, and egg nog/milk based booze doesn't sit well with me. My favorite was definitely the apple pie one, with a really close second being the cherries that were soaked in white lightning. YUM.

So, if you're ever up in Pigeon Forge, I would definitely recommend stopping in at Ole Smoky and trying all the moonshines. We couldn't settle on one to buy though, so instead we went outside and listened to banjo music while rocking in the rocking chairs. We could not have had better weather if we had drawn it up ourselves. Are you a moonshine fan? Are there other moonshine distilleries I should go to? 

2016 Word of the Year

So I have tried, and failed, at New Year's Resolutions as much as the next girl. This year I've decided I'm starting new traditions, one of those is the whole Breakup Challenge, the to other is going to be my word of the year. This year, I've chosen adventure.

What does my word of the year mean? It means that is my focus. Adventure is defined as an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. My adventures won't all be hazardous, but where else would the adrenaline rush come from? It means that in 2016 I am going to treat every day, every activity like an adventure. 

I'm planning to be a tourist in my own town, there's a lot to do in Atlanta y'all. I'm planning to try things I wouldn't have beforehand so far, I've learned that I actually do like sushi.. I'm going to put myself out there, get outside of my comfort zone, and explore. I couldn't be more excited. 

I will be honest, I'm still brainstorming a hashtag for it, so any suggestions are super welcome. ALSO if you want to join along on adventuring with me this year, I'd love to see where your adventures take you. So let's get to work on that hashtag and it's gonna be the bomb.com. What is your focus for this year?

Wanderlust Wishlist

GUYS. It's no secret that I have been bitten by the Wanderlust bug + that I love a good link up + low + behold I found one that combines the two! (by found I mean Maddie found my blog + told me about her link up + obviously I loved it.) The prompt for April was: the most memorable place you've traveled + why. I though HELLO EUROPE because it was my first ever real adventure and I did it all. by. myself. I feel like I've hammered that into y'all enough lately so I thought I would pick places I want to travel now that I've started.

FIRST OF ALL. This list will probably get longer rather than shorter. I assume that you can take this list + my wanderlust pinterest board as my still-not-conclusive-list-of-adventures

• Tulips in Amsterdam
• Meet elephants in India AND Africa
• Yacht Week
• Versailles gardens in the summer, really most of France in the summer..
• Machu Picchu
• San Fermín Festival in Spain
• 2018 World Cup
• 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 
• Oktoberfest in Munich
• Mardi Gras in New Orleans
• Carnival in Brazil
• Thailand.
• Australia.
• New Zealand. 
• Stay in a tree house in Costa Rica
• The Greek Isles
• Barcelona
• Everywhere on this list (maybe my own boozy tour of Europe in general....)
• Turks + Caicos
• Ireland. all of it. 
• Scotland. 
• The Muggle Tour in London.

That's just a start. Let's be honest. I would live out of my suitcase for the rest of my life if it meant I got to see everything. Where do you want to go?