The past month has been a whirlwind! Things have not gone according to plan (more on that below…), but we did make it to Florida and have had a good first month. We celebrated Independence Day in Jersey and I…
20+ Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List
It has been a long while since I shared a post on everything I’ve been reading lately (check out the last one here)! Since there are so many books to cover, I thought I would group them together based on…
Louisine Havemeyer: Collector, Suffragist, Benefactor
Today I am so excited to share the story of a woman whose life’s work contributed substantially to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and to the women’s suffrage movement. In fact, upon her death it was declared that she gave…
Monthly Recap | April – June 2021
Wow, it’s been a while! If you checked out my blog post last week, you know that I have spent the last few months taking a break from blogging, redoing my site, and moving. There’s a lot to update you…
Welcome Back!
Hello, and welcome to the newly relaunched blog! I am so excited you’re here in this new digital space. My name is Alyssa and I’ve been a blogger since 2014. When I first started blogging I wrote about all different…
Something New
It feels very strange that almost a month has gone by since I decided to take a blog break! And while this is not an “I’m back” blog post, it is a “something new is coming soon” post. I’ve started…





