A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post about the popularity of period dramas on TV. Now that several TV seasons have passed since then, there’s a different crop of period pieces to fall in love with. If you’re looking for a new show to binge, check out one of these series. Victoria This popular British series chronicles the early reign of [...]
Summer might be coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean music festival season necessarily is. There are plenty of cities across the country hosting music festivals throughout the upcoming autumn months. Dana Point, California, is hosting their Ohana Festival in September on Doheny State Beach. Headliners of the festival will include Mumford & Sons, Eric Church and Beck. Ohana even donates a portion [...]
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a love for stories of the supernatural. My favorite of these mythical creatures has always been vampires. The history of these undead humans spans centuries, and I enjoy seeing new interpretations of them. So that you too can fall in love with some modern Hollywood vampires, here is a list of movies and television [...]
My travel bug is here to stay and my reading list does not disappoint when it comes to travel inspiration! A recent read of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’s novel, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, has placed the island of Guernsey on my radar. This novel dives into the rich history of the island during World War II and what [...]
When I first started my internship at PSG, I was thrilled to find out that I would be interning on the same days that the office does yoga. Since Lori, our president and CEO, also owns CrossFit Exclamation—her gym that’s conveniently attached to PSG’s offices—we’re lucky enough to have hour-long yoga sessions twice a week. Julie, our fantastic yoga instructor, always provides a class [...]
This past spring, I studied abroad in the Netherlands, a country known for windmills, tulips and its famous capital city. To many, Amsterdam has a certain reputation, but this doesn’t fully capture all that this city offers. My experience was made up of esteemed museums, delicious food and beautiful city streets. The Netherlands has been an art hub for centuries, and I saw [...]
My mom signed me up for dance classes when I was three years old, and ever since then I haven’t been able to stop—even as a college student. For me, dancing has always been an escape. I can leave all my stress at the door when I walk into a studio. Today, I recognize what dance has taught me, and how it’s shaped [...]
Far-off places, mysterious castles, damsels in distress—these are the classic Gothic tropes we all know and love. But the world of gothic literature is larger than how we often think of it. I recently took a Gothic literature course and I am eager to share some of my new favorite and lesser-known gothic texts with you! The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. [...]
A couple years ago, I had the opportunity to explore one of the famous dune shacks of Cape Cod. A sandy path off of Route 6A—the main highway that leads to the tip of the Cape—led me to a series of sloping sandy mountains. After an hour of hiking the dunes, with no sign of the ocean or civilization on the horizon, I [...]
My first destination literature blog post took us all the way to Italy, but this time I’m going to venture a bit closer to home: glamorous New York City. NYC has always been a go-to travel destination and is the perfect spot for a long weekend. In Amor Towles’s novel The Rules of Civility, 1930s NYC is brought to life in an exquisitely [...]