Hi! I’m Brandy!
Welcome!
Welcome to my little corner of the world! If you’re here, you too must have a passion for travel, food & fashion, or as I like to call them, flights, forks & ‘fits! I created Adventurous Is The New Pretty to help cool people like you find the confidence to travel the world. My ultimate goal is to give you as much information and inspiration as possible to make travel happen for you too!
If you’re still here, reading along, we should be friends so let me tell you more about me and how I got the travel bug.
Bitten By The Travel Bug!
Like most of us, 2020 was a challenging year for me. The pandemic hit my family especially hard. We own a small but mighty diner in Durham, North Carolina. We had just opened a second restaurant when COVID struck, and after being open for less than a year, our new restaurant was forced to close permanently. All the blood, sweat, and tears (not to mention MONEY) poured into our new restaurant…gone. While our original location remained open (told ya’ll she’s small but mighty), the blow of losing a “dream” still hurt. Closing a business left me feeling empty and like a stranger to myself.
Prepandemic my husband and I worked 6 days a week, every week running the restaurants. There was no time off, no free weekends, and absolutely no vacations. We lived and breathed the restaurant business for 6 years straight. With the onset of COVID, we suddenly had so much free time since our livelihood was closed, so we began taking road trips all around North Carolina. One trip, in particular, was to Asheville, NC. That little 3-hour road trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains sealed the travel deal for me and I was hooked! I came back to Durham feeling empowered, refreshed, and ready for something more!
Fast forward to the present day and I’ve made it a habit to visit a new destination every 3 months (if not sooner). I’ve checked a big chunk of the US off my travel bucket list AND I’ve had my first international trip (2 weeks in France), and I’m just getting started!
Still, reading??? That makes us friends now, so here are some random facts about me…
Fun Facts About Me!
I’m a wife (married for 22 years now) and a mother of 2. My girls are 21 and 18, and both are college students (Go ‘Heels!). My family is completed by a 7-year-old boxer named Reno (not after Nevada, he’s named after Reno Raines of the show Renegade IYKYK). Since my husband & I own a restaurant, we know and LOVE good food. We love tacos, pizza, fine dining, cocktails, donuts, and food trucks. IOW we eat and drink everything and at every price point!
I enjoy true crime and all things horror, but I’m a sucker for a Hallmark movie too. I love all music but the late 90s – early 2000s rap has a special place in my heart. Like most people, love clothes & shoes, everything from high-end and designer to Target and Amazon. Give me all the looks! I’m a full-time fun fact nerd, so if we’re playing trivia, I’m the girl you want!
Now that we know each other a little more, let’s step outside our comfort zone and see the whole, wide world (and look good while we do it)!
Adventure looks good on everyone!
