Travel Diaries

This month's Travel Diaries is featuring Nantucket Island. I promise you, a quick search on Pinterest and you will be packing your bags to this picture-perfect beach town. In the American State of Massachusetts, not far from Cape Cod, to me, Nantucket is the ideal vacation spot. Stunning coastal-style homes, wide sandy beaches, restaurants full of fresh and local ingredients, picturesque lighthouses, even a small night life (see The Chicken Box). Nantucket looks like the kind of Summer vacation you only see in the movies. 

When I go, here's what I would do (for a comprehensive guide, click here):

  1. Watch the sunset at Madaket Beach 
  2. Enjoy a post-beach bevie at Cisco Brewery 
  3. Rent a bike and tour the island
  4. Rest my head in the gorgeous Gate House in The Roberts Collection 
  5. Eat the Westender Tacos at Millie's
  6. Walk and Shop on Main Street 
  7. Tour the mansions along Sconset Bluff Walk 
  8. Enjoy the day on the North Shore Beaches, taking in views of the Brant Point Light House
  9. Brunch at the White Elephant 

Get inspired by my Pinterest photos below, and let me know if you will be adding Nantucket Island to your vacation diary! 



Weekend Adventures

After a fun-filled weekend, I was very tempted to use my first day off to catch up on some bad TV and laundry. But, as we know, our "Summer" weekends are limited here in Canada, and it seemed a waste of a sunny afternoon washing my whites! So, Tess and I quickly got ready and caught the late afternoon train into the city. With no real plans, we enjoyed an afternoon of limitless wandering. We walked along the Toronto Harbour Front, people watching and stopping to enjoy the scenery. One of our favourite spots was the Toronto Music Garden--truly a gorgeous slice of nature in the heart of the city. We ended the day with a Blood Orange Radler on the patio of Amsterdam Brewery, and made it back to Union Station just ahead of the rain storm. I love an unexpected adventure, and we are so lucky to be a quick 45-minute train ride away from all our beautiful city of Toronto has to offer. 

Crushing On

This month's Crush is a list of my favourite Instagram follows, with a European flair! 

Paris in Four Months - Every photo Carin takes is truly cinematic in its beauty. The perfect daydream of Paris. 

Maurice and King - Kate, a mother of two adorable boys, living in London, England, specializes in photos of the many colourful homes and neighbourhoods in London (she calls Chelsea home!).   

Jools Oliver - Sure, she may be best known as Jamie Oliver's wife, but her stylized Instagram photos make her special in her own right. You will SWOON over her picture-perfect, quintessentially British pics, and her four too-cute children. 

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Not Your Standard - This fashion-based Instagram is courtesy of Kayla--a Toronto born girl, who now calls Berlin home. You will love her style, and the many gorgeous European backdrops behind the clothes.