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A book store with a champagne bar? Sign me up! 🥂📚 We loved @battery_park_book_exchange in Asheville and it was the perfect spot for a little happy hour before dinner at @curatetapasbar 💓 They also had the most creative billfolds! Swipe to see 👉🏻

One of the highlights of our trip to Asheville ove

One of the highlights of our trip to Asheville over MDW was our happy hour at @omnigrovepark 🥂 If you’re in-town, this is a MUST—the Sunset Terrace has an amazing view of the mountains and the Asheville skyline 🌅 (If you go during winter months, the lobby has two incredibly large, cozy fireplaces that would make for a great happy hour spot, too!) You don’t need to be a hotel guest to enjoy—while the Sunset Terrace restaurant requires a reservation, seating below the restaurant is first come, first served and you can grab drinks + snacks from the lobby bar. We got there around 4pm and were able to snag a table quickly! One of my favorite things about being able to travel again is all the fun people you meet along the way—we had the best time talking to other guests and made friends with a family from Raleigh who we laughed and drank with for several hours. It’s a memory I’ll be smiling about for a long time 💙

The perfect sunset sail on the Potomac thanks to @

The perfect sunset sail on the Potomac thanks to @reflectionsdc ⛵️⚓️💙 I’ve lived in the DC area since I was eight years old and this is one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever had here! Whether your a local, hosting friends in town, or visiting DC, make sure a river cruise with Captain Jerry is on your DC bucket list ✨ What makes this experience different than the other cruises I’ve taken on the Potomac is the boat—the Cortina sits low enough on the water that you really feel connected to the environment around you—and it makes for a great vantage point of enjoying enjoying amazing views of DC landmarks. It’s also large enough that it’s a really smooth, stable ride. Plus, Captain Jerry has researched everything on the tour so thoroughly that you’ll get to learn a ton of fun facts you won’t find on other tours—I know a lot about DC, but still learned so much new information. For instance, I loved learning that there are buffalos on Memorial Bridge! Swipe to see 👉🏻 I *loved* our time out on the water and didn’t want it to end! Check out my Instagram Stories and the full recap over on TOT to learn more. Reflections DC gave us a complimentary river cruise in exchange for a blog post, but as always, opinions are my own—and this is something I’d definitely pay to do again! 💦

Vacationing like a Vanderbilt ☀️ We absolutely

Vacationing like a Vanderbilt ☀️ We absolutely loved our visit to @biltmoreestate and a full recap of our trip to Asheville will be coming to TOT soon! In the interim, here are my best pieces of advice for visiting The Biltmore—SAVE this post for when you’re planning a trip! 👇🏻 🌷You’re going to want to spend a whole day on the estate—between the house tour, the gardens, the conservatory, Antler Village, and the winery, there is so much to see and do! 🍷 Speaking of the winery, your ticket to the estate comes with a complimentary tasting! Right now, reservations are required for your tasting and you can make them via a QR code found in the information pamphlet they give you at the check-in gate. 🎟 Buy your ticket early—tickets do sell out! I would recommend getting one of the early house tours (ours was at 10:30am), and DEFINITELY do the audio tour, otherwise you’ll miss so much! (There’s also an option to have a guided tour, but I don’t think you need it—they have people stationed throughout the house to answer any questions.) 🎞 Regardless of when your house tour is, get to the estate first thing in the morning so you have enough time to explore its expansive grounds—but also, if you get there early, there are less people crowding near the mansion, which means less tourists in your IG-worthy shot! ;) The best spot for photos with the whole house in the shot is the end point of the trail from the parking lot, you can’t miss it! 🚙 While you can Uber to the estate and there’s a shuttle that will take you from the mansion to Antler Village (it’s about a four-mile drive), I recommend driving or renting a car for Asheville. Everything is a bit more spread out and you’ll be able to do more if you have access to your own car! 🛍 The gift shops near the mansion and the gift shops in Antler Village sell different items! The Biltmore had been a bucket list item for me for a long time and it lived up to the hype! 💙 I’d love to get back at Christmastime—I’ve heard it’s magical!

10 business days separate me from a week at OIB an

10 business days separate me from a week at OIB and I couldn’t be more excited 🌴☀️ This is my current stack of beach reads that I’m packing for the trip—now the big question so which one to read first?! Thanks for the free reads @randomhouse 💙

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