Welcome

My name is Alex, and I love exploring!

Some days I wish I had an unlimited budget to visit exotic locations, stay in beautiful ocean view villas and indulge in local delicacies while watching the sunset. Other days I wish I could travel with a near-zero budget, score cheap flights across the world, stay in hostels or couch serf, hang out with locals and eat street food. My reality is neither though.

I’m an ordinary person working a 9 to 5 office job with limited PTO. I adapt travel plans to my husband, two-year-old daughter and a dog. Most of our money not spent on essentials and baby stuff goes into a savings account. Even with these constraints, it is still possible to live a life full of travel. You just have to look closer to home.

“Get Out of Your City” is a mouthful, but best captures the kind of travel inspiration I’m after. Travel doesn’t mean you must take PTO and a long flight to go somewhere. Instead, explore what’s on your doorstep. Choose to be excited about where you already live. Go to out of the beaten path locations to find short adventures on a budget. Find wow moments in places others won’t think to look.

#getoutofyourcity will take you primarily around the United States, starting with #getoutofdc locations that are a just day or a long weekend trip away from Washington DC. #stayindc will help you find fun things to do within the nation’s capital. Occasional posts may encourage you to #getoutof farther away places that I was lucky enough to live in or visit.

Let’s see where the road takes us!