After four years, we made another trip to Atlantis Bahamas this summer as our big family trip and I'm so excited to share the details! I remembered much of our last trip since it was the trip of our dreams for the last couple of years when traveling back there just wasn't possible due to… Continue reading Atlantis Bahamas Trip II – 2022
So this was the year that we actually had a weekend away to ourselves! I didn't know it at the time, but aren't the best of plans the ones that are completely spontaneous? My husband and I have been dreaming/discussing/contemplating a trip by ourselves for years, always imagining it to be pretty far away. But… Continue reading Weekend Staycation in NYC
Najaf, Iraq Our last overseas Ziyarat trip was to Iran, during pre-COVID in 2019 and it still feels like a dream. So when the opportunity arose to travel again this year to Iraq, we were thrilled. It's a different feeling to be able to go with an intimate group from our masjid, which feels like… Continue reading Trip to Iraq 2022
In October 2021 we had a family trip planned to L.A. to attend my elder brother's wedding, so we decided to add on two days to explore the Anaheim area before the wedding. We haven't taken a family trip in all of 2020 and 2021 except to visit my sister in law in Chicago, so… Continue reading Family Trip to L.A.
It's become a sort of tradition to plan a staycation during the winter holidays, mainly because it's such a crazy time to fly anywhere- prices are high and airports are madness. I think the only year we didn't do a staycation was December 2020, for obvious reasons. Before COVID-19, in December of 2019 we had… Continue reading Christmas in D.C.
Like every year, I was planning a winter staycation and honestly couldn't figure out where or if we should go anywhere. I was just planning to give birth in October, then be homebound for at least 6 months before traveling or taking baby anywhere, especially in the cold. But my husband had visited MD for… Continue reading Winter Staycation: ICE! Grinch Exhibit
Sweet Dreamer 