One of my favorite parts of traveling is choosing my daily outfits. While some people find putting little effort into what they wear is comfortable and easy, for me, a cute outfit I love makes my whole day more wonderful. 

If you know me, you know that I love dresses. In fact, I love dresses so much that I hardly ever wear pants. I have been recording my outfits on this trip diligently, if not with high quality. Sorry! Anyway, here they are. 

I'm in Italy and Germany for the first three weeks of January, and for some reason I decided it would be fun to leave notes everywhere. They don't have much substance, but they're fun! And I doodle a quote onto a page of Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities and stick that in there too. I offer a hashtag so I can see if anyone finds them, but I wouldn't be surprised if most of them just get thrown away. Oh well! It's still fun. 

Anyway, I've taken pictures of all of them and their placements. Enjoy looking!

One:

This one went in the pew of a church we visited in Trastevere, Rome. 

Two:

This one I hid at the bookstore.

Three:

This one went on the bus in Rome.

Four:

I put this letter at a gelato shop. 

Five:

I forgot to leave this one somewhere, so I may or may not have thrown it out the window in our hotel room before bed. 

Six:

I also forgot to leave this one, so I hid it between the adjoining doors in our hotel room. It was kinda weird. The picture is an ariel view.

Seven:

I left this one at a store we were in, fancy men's clothing called Chelsea Farmer's Market. 

Anyway. These letters are certainly a little unusual, and probably not very effective, but I love being whimsical and doing things other people don't. I'll keep posting as I continue to do it!

I apologize for the terrible title of this post. I planning to keep it live, so if you think of a better one, let me know!

I really like donuts. That may be an understatement. I really really really love donuts. And I'm picky, and I'm opinionated, and I like to try donuts in every new place I visit. This post will log places I have been and places I have yet to be. 

Daylight Donuts, Tulsa, OK

This is one of my favorite donut shops in the world. No pics, sorry. 71st and Yale. YES. 

YoYo Donuts, Birmingham, AL

Favorite donut in Birmingham. No pic again, sorry. 

Okay. Those are the top two. Now it's adventure time!

Top Pot Donuts, Dallas, TX

Tasty-O Donuts, Vero Beach, FL

Rome, Italy

This donut was from a random place outside a subway. 

I also tried this, but it was more of a shortbread than a donut. 

Sublime Donuts, Atlanta, GA

They had a toffee donut that I loved! The strawberry and orange and really all the others I tried were great too. It's just off the Georgia Tech campus! 

Dough, New York City, NY (Brooklyn location)

Carmel almond, graham cracker cheesecake, and salted caramel chocolate. They were fun; the chocolate is the only one I'd make a point to eat again. 

Dun-Well Doughnuts, New York City, NY (Brooklyn)

Crunchy peanut butter and jelly, strawberry sprinkle, ginger, and Oreo. The peanut butter icing was amazing, but the jelly inside wasn't my favorite. The other three were fine; I didn't really like the ginger and wish I would've tried the Rosemary. 

Doughnut Plant, New York City, New York (Manhattan)

Here are all the options . . .

. . . and here's the ones I tried! Peanut butter with banana filling (yes, in a square), Brooklyn blackout, coffee cake, and tres leches. The tres leches was extraordinary, if not dazzlingly delicious. I wouldn't miss not going there again.

The Donut Shoppe, Houston, TX

I hesitate to say it, but this just beat Tulsa's Daylight Donuts for the best chocolate old fashioned donut I've had. The other ones were yummy too!