For your best friend who has the best collection of shoes ever (and always lets you borrow them), and who will live text even the worst reality TV shows with you without hesitation…
Megan Bannister
For your nerdy, board game obsessed boyfriend who offers to watch movies with you over the phone, and will pull off the road at a moment’s notice if it’ll help you snap the perfect photo…
With snowy weather and cold turkey sandwiches leftover from Thanksgiving comes one of my favorite holiday traditions—the gift guide. Whether the items are realistic gift ideas or simply extravagantly curated lists, I can’t help how much I love browsing guides from all corners of the Internet…
I couldn’t be more excited to finally announce my new project—Wandering the World’s Largest. While I’ll still be chronicling my travels on Olio in Iowa, Wandering the World’s Largest is a new journalism-based endeavor that…
I’m a sucker for scenic drives and vintage highways. So I’m surprised it took me this long to discover the White Pole Road. Part of historic U.S. Route 6, today the White Pole Road is a 26-mile roadway across west-central Iowa that passes through five small towns…
I guess you could say I’m a little obsessed with October. I absolutely love the first few weeks of fall and definitely wouldn’t pass up any chance I get to absorb every last moment of seasonal fun…
So far this autumn we’ve been lucky enough to have some amazingly mild weather. And so you can take advantage of the changing leaves and warmer temperatures, too, I decided to share a recent day trip I took to Ames and its surrounding area to enjoy some of my fall favorites…
Start your morning off with breakfast at the 24-hour Magnolia Cafe with a cozy vinyl booth and a steaming mug of coffee…
I love seeking out strange, long-forgotten pieces of history, especially when I’m visiting somewhere new, and my trip to Austin was no different. Granted there are lots of things that “keep Austin weird,” but I was focused on its remaining moon towers…
Everything is bigger in Texas, right? And near Austin, that includes Round Rock Donuts…