10 Reasons Why Halloween Is The Best Holiday Ever

Photo by Łukasz Nieścioruk on UnsplashIt's the most wonderful time of the year...aka HALLOWEEN! It's my absolute favorite holiday and in honor of it coming up on Monday (so sacrilegious to have it be on a Monday! It's almost as bad as Halloween falling on a Sunday), I have decided to compile a list of all the reason why Halloween is the best holiday ever (it's better than Christmas! Christmas,...

British Candy Taste Test!

I don't mean to brag or anything but I'm kind of a candy connoisseur. Maybe I'm just saying that because I'm an American and everyone knows that Americans love candy (and junk food. And fast food. And soda. And pretty much everything that tastes good but is super bad for you), but I like to think I know my candy- at least the American versions. I know that the best candy bar ever is a Snickers...

Book Recommendation: Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson

Penguin Books Book: Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame Author: Mara Wilson Genre: Nonfiction Why You Should Read It (In My Humble Opinion): If you're like me (aka a millennial who remembers the mid to late 90's pretty well, and the early 90's not quite as clearly) then you remember Mara Wilson as Matilda, the incredibly smart and well read wunderkind, vastly...

My First Trip to London aka London Was Calling & We Totally Hooked Up! (Travel Tuesday)

You might not know this about me, but I've always wanted to visit London. Okay, maybe you did know that from reading this blog or anything I may have written on social media, but I thought I'd just explain in case anyone didn't know. Every since I read the Harry Potter books (so cliche), at the ripe old age of around 10 or 11, I've wanted to visit England. I became obsessed with everything London,...

Book Feature: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- Illustrated Edition!

2016 so far has been a fantastic (beasts. Sorry, had to!) year for Harry Potter fans. First the announcement that Eddie Redmayne was going to be in a movie about wizarding world author, magizoologist, and Hufflepuff alum Newt Scamander and his adventures that probably influenced him to write his book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Then JK Rowling and crew took us into grown Harry and...

13 Underrated Horror Movies to Watch This Halloween!

It's October 1st and you know what that means.... Only 30 more days till Halloween and only 30 days to cram in as much Halloween-themed activities/food/scares/fun into those days as you possibly can! And we all know one way to get into that ghoulish holiday spirit is to watch scary movies. (Though I usually watch horror movies all year round, I watch the largest concentration of them around Halloween...