Sometime in January of this year, Chris and I started to realize we had some serious traveling to do in the spring & summer. What started as a list of one, a trip to DC to see the cherry blossom festival, rapidly grew as wedding invitations rolled in, birthday celebrations were announced, and the On The Run Tour schedule was published.

Once our planning list hit five trips, we tabled DC (sadly), realizing there are not enough hours in our non-balanced work lives to make six trips happen. Yet, as I sit here writing after returning home from a week in Seattle...I'm so thankful we didn't stop at five. Or six. Or seven. Our last trip home rounded out TEN out of town trips in the last five months, making me - officially - an airport expert, wanderlust addict, and DOALLTHETHINGS enthusiast of a wedding planner. A title I'm happy to bear.

In March we visited Las Vegas for March Madness basketball shenanigans, in April I traveled to Fort Collins to throw my best friend a bridal/bachelorette weekend, in May we road-tripped to Palm Springs for a Mother's Day celebration in the desert and drove up to Prescott to get out of the heat, to spend time just the two of us. In June we celebrated one of our best friend's birthday in Chicago, Lucky & In Love executed a gorgeous beachside wedding in Carlsbad at a private estate, then we rounded out the month in Denver, then Estes Park for my best friend's wedding. In July we celebrated america's birthday and the birth of my other best friend's baby boy, then jetted of to Nashville to see the gorgeous farm nuptials of my dearest friend from high school. Finally, we rounded out the travel schedule with a trip home to Seattle for the Jay/Bey concert, and to spend time with our families.

I would go into extreme details about each and every city, the sights we saw, the meals we ate and the rooftop cocktails we enjoyed, but let's be honest that's probably boring if you're not one of the two people who experienced all of it together. Instead, I'll share the amazing little coffee shops we managed to find in each city, in case you ever find yourself needing a caffeine fix in one of these great towns!