• Getaway Weekend: Tiny House Camping

    March 11, 2018bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    An amazing tiny house getaway in the woods, off the grid out in rural Virginia. Plus a recipe for delicious make-ahead foil packets that contain a full meal of steak, veggies and potatoes, perfect for a campfire dinner.

    Continue Reading
  • Freedom Trail Soldiers in Boston @ bestwithchocolate.com

    Boston: Ice Cream, Italian Food, and Beer

    May 19, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    I’ve been meaning to make it up to Boston for some time to visit a few friends in the area, and it finally happened!  It was a jam-packed weekend, but jam-packed with fun so it flew by. We were staying with my high school friend Peggy up by the Tufts campus, and got to explore the area, grab some lunch and ice cream, and also just hang out and catch up, which was really nice.  Of course in typical Katie-Tyler(-Peggy) fashion we ended the night with margaritas! It was a sequence of early morning days which was a little draining, but…

    Continue Reading
  • Gateway Arch in St. Louis @ bestwithchocolate.com

    St. Louis (Part 2): An Arch and More Beer

    April 21, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    My last St. Louis post was just from the first day!  So I needed a part 2 to record the rest of our fun travels!  Of course, we had to go see the Gateway Arch, which was pretty impressive, I’ve got to say.  We saw the free movie about the engineering that went into this structure, and it makes you really appreciate engineering!  630ft tall, and made entirely of curved steel.  More than that, they had to build the arch piecemeal, and it had to stand alone without being completed until they could add in the keystone piece.  Pretty amazing when you…

    Continue Reading
  • Jousting at the MD Renaissance Festival! Read about it @ bestwithchocolate.com

    Lords and Ladies, Welcome to Ye Old Maryland Renaissance Festival

    September 9, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    G’dday ladies and gentleman, and welcome to the Renaissance Faire of ye olde!  Jk, I’m not going to type the whole post like that.  Mostly because I had to think even long and hard about that one sentence!  But I wanted to share with everyone the fun we have at the now annual Renaissance Fair escapade!  My sister has gone with some of her college friends for a lot longer than I have (this was only my second year).  But now that I’m in the area, I get to tag along, and also provide a place to crash!  It’s a…

    Continue Reading