Traveling is designed to bring about excitement as opposed to stress. Sure, you have to pay an alarming amount for a taxi to the airport, get through security without your belt or a 4 oz. bottle of perfume setting off the alarms, and sit in a tube for an annoyingly long period of time (no matter how far you're traveling). But once you actually make it to your destination, the good times should roll. There's only one problem: If you don't pack well, they won't—period.Luckily, there are ex...

Anyone who has lived in New York for a while will tell you that sometimes the best thing about New York City can be escaping it. One New Yorker I know who is always traveling from one chic destination to the next is social media content creator Kate Bartlett. The way Bartlett and I met is actually kind of funny. Before she gained over a million (and counting) followers on TikTok and became one of NYC’s most popular creators for all things fashion, beauty, and travel, she was a fashion stud...

Winter comes with decreased temps, tons of cozy layers, and sometimes snow. However, there’s one winter occurrence that gets even the grumpiest person excited —it’s vacation. Yes, winter is the perfect opportunity to escape the frigid temperatures and opt for some much-needed R&R under the tropical sun. While vacations are all about living it up, the process of shopping and packing to prepare for the vacation can be a little stressful. I love looking to Nordstrom’s robust variety of good...

I love to travel. In 2022 I traveled more than any year before and now that we’re entering 2023 I plan to travel just as much, hopefully more. It’s safe to say that my 2023 vision board is filled with images of airplane windows with a view of some glamorous European city peering through, groups of friends holding passports, and lots of travel outfit ideas. Now with traveling so much comes lots and lots of packing and unpacking, and while I wouldn’t necessarily call myself an expert packer ...