Written by Ashley When we decided to move to Florida, we had no idea where we wanted to stay. I had only passed through Tampa Bay a handful of times (took a cruise out of the Tampa Port, flew into the airport on my way to a friend’s wedding, flew into the airport on the […]

Written by Ashley: Over the weekend, Nisheet and I decided to check out the Saturday Morning Market in St. Petersburg. We had heard a lot of good things about it including a co-worker of Nisheet’s who said “I hate going there because my wife spends soo much money there.” I took that to mean it […]

Written by Ashley: We have been in Florida for a few weeks now, but I feel that we only just started seeing what a true Florida summer is. During the first couple weeks, it rained, it poured, and it rained some more. Although the sun came out every now and then for us to enjoy […]

Written by Ashley: Nisheet and I decided to move to Florida around the same time the Blackhawks crushed the Lightening (sorry TB…maybe next year), so when I googled “Chicago vs Tampa Bay”, the first 10 pages of results were all about hockey. Now that we have lived here for a few weeks, we have come up […]

Written by Ashley: We did it. We actually did it. We made the big move from the Midwest to Florida. It was a big headache moving 2 apartments in 2 different states 1,225 miles south, but it could have been a lot more stressful. The movers for both apartments did all the work while we stood […]

Platte River On our last day of our Sleeping Bear camping trip, rain looked promising. We didn’t let it stop us though. We grabbed our rain jackets, rented a kayak, and paddled down the Platte River. It was crowded! I can’t imagine how busy it gets on a sunny day during peak season (near the […]

Old Mission Peninsula On the 2nd full day of our Sleeping Bear Dunes Camping trip, the weather was absolutely gorgeous, so we opted to go for a winery bike tour (self guided) on the Old Mission Peninsula near Traverse City. Center road is fairly easy to bike, has a wide shoulder, and the traffic was sparse the […]

Sleeping Bear Dunes We have a secret. Soon we will be moving to Florida! (I guess it isn’t really a secret anymore, huh?) Since we have limited time remaining in the Midwest, we decided to make memorial day weekend into an extra long weekend and go camping at one of our favorite places, Sleeping Bear […]

Written by Nisheet: Since the forecast for today called for the quintessentially Florida 80 F weather, I decided to get up extra early for some Tampa Bay exploring.  A friend back home had told me to check out the city of Tarpon Springs for the most authentic Greek food and sponges so that’s where I […]

Written by Nisheet: What’s the first thing you do if you have to fly from Michigan to Tampa Bay in the dead of winter?  Go to da beach, of course!  After landing in Tampa at 5pm, I was pleasantly greeted with the 70F temps which was almost the double the temps that I had experienced just […]