• Culebra | Puerto Rico

    A few years ago, Donovan and I traveled to Puerto Rico for a conference he was attending for work. Since the conference was a week long, I decided to tag along and enjoy some time on the beach. We spent the first few days in Puerto Rico at Wyndham Grand Rio Mar, east of San Juan. Unfortunately, our hotel room didn’t face the ocean, but we did have a pretty awesome view of the rainforest, which was literally across the street! We really enjoyed our time at the Wyndham, albeit I did spend one of the days completely hungover from too many painkillers at the pool bar. But that’s another…

  • Palm Island, Grenadines

    With cold weather blowing through Dallas this week, I was feeling a bit nostalgic for warmer, sunnier weather, and I immediately thought about our trip to Palm Island in the Grenadines for our honeymoon. Funny Story. We left our honeymoon planning up to Donovan’s dad. Things were stressful enough during that time – I had just switched jobs, and we were also trying to plan a wedding. The last thing I really felt like doing was planning a honeymoon — too many choices! Donovan’s dad LOVES surprises, so we were happy to release him to come up with something fun. Our only request was for the honeymoon to be relaxing.…