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Day: November 27, 2025

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10 State Park Day-Hikes Near Nashville for Fall and Winter

November 27, 2025

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Window views in Tamri, a small-town “Banana Villag

Window views in Tamri, a small-town “Banana Village.” 🇲🇦

We stopped here specifically for a snack, the driver still running the engine as our guide hopped out to cross the street and buy a bunch. According to him, the bananas from here are like nowhere else. They’re small and sweet, the perfect size and consistency compared to the over-engineered ones from my suburban American grocery store.

In those few short minutes waiting, I thought about the snapshots of life you could capture just from a car window. Incomplete, but full moments lived.
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#morocco #tlbestshot #afarmag #travelersnotebook #strideby

2025 adventures: posting for posterity before the

2025 adventures: posting for posterity before the month is half over!

We started the year with snow days and enjoyed winter around town. Visited 4 new state parks and NYC twice. Checked off a life-long dream destination with my entire fam in tow. Crossed state lines multiple times to see friends (and Beyoncé). And ended the year on a new continent!

We never really start the year with many adventures or destinations in mind, so I don’t know exactly where 2026 will take us. As always, we’ll just stay open to adventure, follow our whims, and embrace spontaneity.

Happy new year!

Souk El Had (Sunday market) in Agadir: my first je

Souk El Had (Sunday market) in Agadir: my first jet-lagged introduction to Morocco.

As a first-time visitor, it’s everything you expect from a place you’ve only read about. Vendors yelling their prices in Arabic; sales happening in French, broken English, whatever language necessary for these quick negotiations. The crowds roll slowly, like a wave, pushing through the crowded aisles past magnets, rugs, pottery, bananas.

For many, it’s a stop on a tour bus or a stroll from a hotel, an eye-opening and memorable immersion into a new locality. But for others, it’s a weekend shift or family outing—a tidbit of everyday life that will be forgotten by the time the sun rises on Monday.
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#morocco #gadventures #agadir

Hunting for Christmas trees in downtown Nashville!

Hunting for Christmas trees in downtown Nashville! 🎄

Plan a walking path that hits the boutique hotels (we usually start at @thefairlanehotel and head down 4th), grab cocktails as needed, end with dinner at @gannonsnashville or @opheliasnashville.

Highly recommend this outing on a weekday evening to avoid the usual downtown crowd. 😵‍💫

📍Vinyl Christmas pop-up at @thefairlanehotel
📍Lounge seating @noelle_nashville
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#nashvillegram #madeinnashville #nashville #christmastree

Time to check in and put some holiday cheer on the

Time to check in and put some holiday cheer on the grid!🎄

📍annual holiday decor at Cheekwood historic estate
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#cheekwood #nashville #vintagechristmas #historichomes

The Couchville Lake Loop is one of my favorite (an

The Couchville Lake Loop is one of my favorite (and easiest) family hikes, but I’ve never seen the water so low! Apparently, this is a norm for the winter as the lake is fed via underground channels from the Stones River and Percy Priest Lake.

The walk here is 2.1 flat, paved miles with a dozen trail benches as well as restrooms, picnic shelters, and a playground nearby. 10/10 for the whole fam.

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#tnstateparks #nashvillehikes #naturaltennessee #outdoorfamily

Foggy fall vibes at Playa Del Rey. Even the Golden

Foggy fall vibes at Playa Del Rey. Even the Golden State is feeling the season.
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#ilovela #losangeles #playadelreybeach

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