Welcome to Adventures with Maddy + 10 Things To-Do in Chi-Town

A lot of things have changed for me in the last year. At the beginning of 2016, I had a New Year’s resolution to get back into blogging because it was something that I loved and missed, but, at the end of January, life

Turning 28 In Costa Rica

As I mentioned in my 2018 Wanderlust post, I booked this trip to Costa Rica months ago. A deal for roundtrip flights for $290 popped up on Travel Pirate and I booked my ticket right then and there. The trip overlapped with my 28th birthday so I thought, Happy Birthday to me. I did ask …

Maddy & Music: HAIM @ The Anthem

This was my first show at DC's newest venue, The Anthem, and boy is it cool looking...with three stories, a huge pit, pricey yet yummy food, drinks and lovely architecture, the venue was quite a sight. I usually don't get to concerts when the doors open but I really wanted to have time to explore …

Festival Survival Guide

I have attended Firefly Music Festival in Delaware three times now. This year I plan to return to the Woodlands once again as well as head to Columbus, OH for Rock on the Range. While I wouldn't consider myself a festival expert, I have garnered a few tips on how to make the experience much …

My First Roadtrip

Virginia to Nashville to New Orleans to Houston to Atlanta and back to Virginia. We had 9 days to travel 3,000 plus miles taking 45 plus hours of driving and hit 4 cities. While the main point of the trip was to visit the boyfriend's family in Texas we had originally planned to stay at …