Alicia Tenise

D.C. Fashion, Travel and Lifestyle Blogger

How to Have the Perfect Memorial Day Weekend Staycation

How to spend the perfect Memorial Day Weekend staycation featured by top US travel blogger, Alicia Tenise: image of a woman wearing a one piece swimsuit by the pool

I’m going to tell you something that you probably wouldn’t expect to hear from a travel blogger: I don’t like traveling on Memorial Day Weekend.

I 100% understand why people book a vacation this time of year: it’s the unofficial start of summer, the weather is (usually) ideal, and it’s a 3-day weekend. I traveled to the beach a couple of times during MDW in college, and honestly? I thought it was overrated. The traffic was horrific, hotel rates were sky high, and everything was super crowded. It just wasn’t for me!

Nowadays, I like to kick off summer with a good ol’ Memorial Day weekend staycation. Even though I live in a fairly touristy town, since I don’t live near the beach, a lot of those tourists choose to vacation elsewhere for MDW — meaning, us locals pretty much have the city to ourselves during the holiday weekend. 

If you don’t have Memorial Day Weekend travel plans this year, here’s how you can have the perfect staycation at home!
 
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My Summer Bucket List

Summer Bucket List featured by top US life and style blogger Alicia Tenise; Image of a woman wearing an orange sundress and white sandals.

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Can you believe that Memorial Day is only two weeks away? Yeah, me neither.

Even though I’ve had a pretty eventful spring, I’m looking forward to (hopefully) slowing down and spending time with friends and family over the summer. I always like to kick off the season by making a summer bucket list; by writing these types of lists out and making them public on the blog, I feel a bit more accountable and motivated to achieve my goals.

Since I already travel a lot, this isn’t going to be your typical summer bucket list: I have a lot of self-improvement goals for the upcoming season. See what’s on my bucket list below, and let me know what your goals are this summer!
 
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Weight Fluctuation and How to Dress for It

Weight Fluctuation featured by top US life and style blogger Alicia Tenise; Image of a woman wearing Veronica Beard dress, Sole Society handbag, Schutz shoes, & Other Stories sunglasses, Madewell bandana and Kendra Scott earrings.

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3 Blogging Mistakes to Avoid When Pitching Brands

Blogging Mistakes featured by top US blogger Alicia Tenise; Image of a woman at a coffee shop.

Bloggers wear a lot of hats, and I don’t think we get enough credit for it.

For starters, if you still write blog posts or produce video content (and aren’t just on Instagram), you’re an editor. Heck, I also have to be a developer whenever things on my website go awry. We’re the art director, model, stylist, MUA and sometimes even the photographers for our photo shoots. We also do less glamorous things like bookkeeping and reviewing contracts daily. In short, usually, we’re doing about 7 or 8 jobs at any given time (it’s what makes every day pretty exciting!)

But the hardest “job” a blogger has, IMO? The marketing and PR. In order to make some of our partnership dreams come true, we have to pitch brands to get on their radar.
 
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