Photography by Rebekah Burder. Created as an example of urban and sustainable gardening, this Garden of Plenty–designed by Eugene Boyle, Woodcollective, and Aqua Landscapes–was one of my top three gardens at Bloom. While other gardens, like the fairy and fruit gardens,…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. I put together this dinner for a few friends, and thought I would share the menu and my process. Sometimes I would love to entertain, if only someone would tell me what to cook and what…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. I have a new love in my life, clematis. I’m obsessed with this climbing vine after seeing it in my mother-in-law’s Alabama garden. It’s such a beautiful plant, and one that comes back bigger and more…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. We live about 45 minutes from the beach. It’s the first time in my life I’ve lived that close to waves, and we’ve taken a couple of day trips down to the shore. When I saw…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. This large garden at Bloom was designed by Jane McCorkell for Keeling’s, a vegetable and fruit grower north of Dublin. What I loved most about this garden was the soothing color scheme of whites, pinks, and…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. Potato salad. I can make it forty different ways and never get tired of it! This past week, I made a batch for a Southern style BBQ, and it went over like ice cream cones at…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. Glendalough, pronounced glen-da-lock, is one of those places in Ireland that you really can’t describe. Part of the Wicklow Mountains National Park, the valley was carved by glaciers during the Ice Age and was settled in…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. I had a chance to drive up to Dublin and attend Bloom In The Park last weekend. It was the largest garden show I’ve been to, and one of the aspects I was most excited about…

Photography by Lisa Hubbard for NY Times. Peonies are in bloom here in Ireland! I’ve so enjoyed finding them in flower stalls and markets, and in celebration, I’ve created a virtual garden for you to celebrate this amazingly fragrant and…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. Kelli Donley, of African Kelli, started a new blogging project focused on local communities. Each month, one of the participating bloggers will choose a few words, and each blogger will post photographs and writing about what…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. One of my favorite parts about living in Kilkenny are the half-dozen bookstores I can visit around town. All of them carry a unique selection of cookbooks, ones that I keep coming back to, shocked at…

Photography by Mike & Megan Gilger for The Fresh Exchange. I’ve featured photos and projects from The Fresh Exchange before. It’s one of my favorite blogs, and nothing beats the Simple Evening series she’s created and run over the last…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. Did you get your travel fix in this month? I hope so. Here’s a list of all of our Travel related content from the month of May! Safe travels during your summer vacations, and don’t forget…

Photo by Jason Merrick. Blackberries are showing up in our grocer’s aisles, and I’m so grateful. There’s no summer berry I love more than blackberries! It’s such an easy ingredient to work with. Throw it on salads for extra sweetness,…

Jet lag. The traveler’s great enemy. No matter what technique I try, I’m always sleep deprived for the first few days until my body adjusts. When I asked friends on Facebook their techniques, here are the answers I received: Suffer…

Photography for National Park Service. We spent our Sunday hiking Glendalough, a national park located south of Dublin, and I can’t wait to share the photos! Until then, these beautiful shots of US national parks via Conde Nast Traveler have…

Photography by Victoria of Inmost Light. I featured Victoria’s travel journals earlier this month, and couldn’t wait to share some of her travel photography. These are from a trip to Sweden, and I love how she captured the ethereal dreamy…

Photography by Martin Kauffman for Dwell. Copenhagen has been top on my list of places to go since watching Hans Christian Anderson as a small child. Realistic image of the Danish city? No. But still, it put that idea in…

Photography by Mr. & Mrs. Globe Trot. Are you ready to be taken away to an island paradise?! Today we’re featuring another beautiful photo gallery from Julia and Yuriy Manchik. They visited the Similian Islands, a part of Thailand, in 2011….

Packing light is a bit of a game for me. My husband laughs at me, but each trip is an opportunity for success as I whittle down my baggage weight. I’m a systems girl, and travel is no exception. I…

Spring ingredients make the best salads. Throw radishes and peas onto a salad and marvel at the crisp and crunch they add to arugula and lamb’s lettuce. Top with a simple orange flavored vinaigrette, and you have a healthy side…

Photography by Mr. & Mrs. Globe Trot. Lindos is a small town on the Greek island of Rhodes. A beach town with an overload of beautiful architecture, Greek culture, and the lovely turquoise water of the Mediterranean Sea. Take a…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. When you live internationally, guest accommodation is a must have. And when you love to travel, you collect a lot of random knick knacks that don’t really go with anything else in your home. Enter the…

Photography by Eric Kelley. Long-time readers of the blog know my husband and I spent a year working with a non-profit in Granada, Nicaragua. It’s hard to believe it’s been three years since I’ve walked the streets of that colonial…

Cooking with Conor focuses on simple and healthy foods that are low in sugar and loaded with lean proteins and vegetables. Perfect for followers of the Paleo diet. Ah warm weather! The days where neighborhoods are filled with the smells…

Photography by Magdalena Björnsdotter for Lantliv. I have this dream for a country cottage that hasn’t been met. My ideal second home would contain simple, uncluttered, homespun decor with hardwoord floors perfect for bare feet. There would be a porch…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. Tampa has many of things I wish I could bring with me when I leave–hugs from my family, the consistently sunny weather, ocean waves–and now I’ve added Oxford Exchange to the list. I found it by…

“Dress up on a flight, you never know who you’ll need to impress.” That used to be my mantra. You’d never find me in slouchy clothes on an airplane. Then I moved internationally. Twice. Dressy clothes on an overnight flight (or…

Photography by Erin of Naturally Ella. Sometimes we get stuck in the rut of believing that travel has to happen in another state or country to be considered travel, but we often miss out on the most beautiful places near…

Photography by Rebekah Burder. Authentic Central American food is a bit difficult to find in the Southeast United States. You have to be willing to work past the strip malls filled with Mexican restaurants and find a menu with authentic…