Alice Kerley

Did we get babysitters and sneak back to Epcot for happy hour & fireworks after spending the day in the park with the kids? ✨ Yes, yes we did and we’d do it again! 🩵 Whether you’re doing Disney with friends or family, I can’t recommend enough to take the time out to experience a little bit of “adult disney” on your vacation too. Carve out the opportunity for a slower experience savoring a park (maybe throw in a long leisurely dinner too - we loved Le Cellier in 🇨🇦) book a sitter to have date night at a Disney resort restaurant or even visit a hotel spa one morning. On a typical non-stop busy Disney trip with kids, the slower paced moments in between can surprisingly make you appreciate the chaos all the more. ✨ 🍹 &&& if you take one thing away from this post, it’s to order the El Diablo (Spicy Cucumber) Margarita in the Mexico Pavillion. 🇲🇽 Trust! #epcot #disneycreators #epcotworldshowcase

Disney World with our friends wasn’t on our original summer bingo card … but I have a habit of saying *yes* to spontaneous adventures. So here we are! 🏰You’d think 4 adults & 8 kids would be chaotic trying to navigate the park together. Hopping on & off rides, scheduling meals / snack breaks, picking / choosing between all there is to see & do and what not. But our trip this week surprisingly went off without a hitch! A few things we did to make to make it all the more magical: 🧞‍♂️ Booked as many rides we could w/ Genie+ (saving hours of time / reducing toddler meltdowns by skipping the standby lines) … shoutout to our personal Disney genie @dorothyart !! 🍽️ Mobile ordered all of our meals in advance for pick up at quick service restaurants ✨ Rented double strollers from @kingdomstrollers. Even the big kids needed the break from clocking roughly 17,000 steps a day! Plus we were able to store backpacks, water bottles, shopping & more in the undercarriages. 🪭💦 Packed along multiple misting fans for everyone to stay cool in the Florida heat! Have y’all ever done Disney with friends / a larger group before?! It’s an entirely different experience and one I’m already ready to repeat! #disneyparks #disneycreators #waltdisneyworld

✨ (2) ticket giveaway & *several* reasons I’m counting down the days until the FedEx St. Jude Championship is here again! ⛳️ the @pgatour is swinging through Memphis August 14 - 18 with daily grounds tickets (available now) starting at only $30. ❤️ *Kids 15 & under get in FREE with an adult ticket!* (I love the excuse to have a day date with Patrick at the tournament every year - but we’re now tempted to bring the children along this go-round too!) On that note, I’m thrilled to be able to give one of y’all two tickets to the @fedexchamp too! To enter to win: - Like this post - Follow along with me! - Comment with a green emoji (more comments = more entries) 💚👒🌿⛳️ - Bonus: tag a friend!

barely being able to zip my suitcase this summer was worth it to bring this dress along 🌺 I matched my surroundings in @sezane at @villaephrussi - a pretty pink seaside Venetian villa that is absolutely a must visit if ever you find yourself in the South of France. 💕 Luscious gardens, a leisurely lunch & gorgeous antiques: our day here several weeks ago was nothing short of magical. Dress link + similar styles in my bio and at @shop.ltk #capferret #sezanelovers #villaephrussiderothschild #southoffrance Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, Sezane Dress, things to do in the south of France, French gardens

wouldn’t you know it, weak WiFi actually makes for an even more wonderful week at the beach 🏖️ we spent the last 7 days unplugged on the coast with the whole Kerley fam. Cousins sculpted sandcastles, jalapeño cocktails were poured over ice, my @sezane polka dot set popped at sunset 🌅 & leisurely book reading on the beach was swapped with many bouts of boogie boarding. Grateful for this slower season & to soak in the last few weeks of summer break with family. Linking my navy set, kids + my swim, 🎀 espadrilles & few more beachy favorites on @shop.ltk 💙 #sezanelovers #capesanblas Florida outfit, vacation outfit, Sezane set, cape San Blas, Florida coast, Dillards swim, beach outfits

as it turns out, there is more than one “happiest place on earth” 🏰✨ @disneylandparis has many similarities to the parks we know & love here at home - but with enough unique differences that it feels worlds away and like an entirely new experience too. Plus, spending a day in Disneyland Paris, is much easier to add onto a trip to the City of Love 🇫🇷 than you might think! 🚊 for just 15€, public transportation can take visitors round trip from the Eiffel Tower to the park’s front door in only 40ish minutes. 🎟️ & most surprising of all, @disneylandparis’ daily park tickets are around HALF the price of what it costs for 1-day admission to either WDW or Disneyland in California. 🤯 #disneylandparis #disneycreators #disneyparks

an afternoon swim straight out of a fairytale 🏰 save this spot for your next trip to France! @chateau_des_arpentis_amboise in the Loire Valley is a castle hotel nestled in the quiet countryside with only 15 guest rooms, an incredible pool, a stately salon and a terrace patio perfect for picnicking. You’ll be surprised as I was to find room rates are less than $200 a night for a classic double room at this lavish chateau. The family suites are more spacious than a small home and come complete with twin bids in tiny turret rooms too. I truly don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a hotel stay more than this one. In one word, it was: *majestic* & I’ll be daydreaming about our stay at Chateau des Arpentis until I find myself there again. 🥰 #loirevalley #castlehotel #frenchcountryside #chateauhotel #amboisetourisme

🇫🇷🇺🇸When your red, white & blue @draperjames dresses work for both 4th of July and frolicking through the French countryside. 🫶🏻 🏰 Evenings spent strolling about our “castle hotel” felt straight out of a fairytale with surprise hot air balloons off in the distance absolutelyyyy adding to the effect. 👗 ps: our matching mother daughter dresses along with everything else at DraperJames.com are all 30% off with the code JULY4. 👑 & did you know this printed cotton frock pairs well with a cape & crown too!? (see last pic!) Linking our looks at @shop.ltk today. #xodraperjames

croissants across the cathedral on a last Parisian morning. 🥐 Even though the Notre-Dame is currently closed for renovations, it’s still worth a visit to marvel from afar! We grabbed breakfast at a bistro on Île De Saint-Louis so we could enjoy a view of the basilica and its famous flying buttresses over a cup of “café.” 📚 Travel tip: after a leisurely breakfast near Notre-Dame, head across the Seine to be at @shakespeareandcoparis by 10:00 am. There’s usually a line to get in & peruse this historic (& iconic) bookstore throughout the day, but arriving first thing in the morning - even with the crowds - for a moment it can feel like you have the bookshop all to yourself. 📸 Photos aren’t allowed inside, or I’d share a sneak, but trust me - it is worth the hype!! (They’ll put a signature stamp on any book you buy … & their tote bags are 🫶🏻) #shakespearandcompany #parisfrance #iledesaintlouis #tuckernucking #parisianbreakfast

My French friend recommended we visit Musée Nissim de Camondo while in Paris. Her suggestion was more so along the lines of “Alice trustttt me, if you do nothing else do this, *you* will LOVE it!” …. And then she added that @sezane was two blocks away. 🙃 Paris, I really do love you!! Like I did, add this historic home tour of 18th century French decorative arts to your list of “must sees” in Paris, please & thanks! It was like walking through one of the houses in an episode of @gildedagehbo - but en Français! 💃🏻 👗 & on another note, I thought Sezane was chic online - shopping in store amongst all the French fashionistas was much more than a treat! … and a great exercise in my foreign language skills. 😉 #sezanelovers #museenissimdecamondo #paristravelguide #lesfrenchies #parismusees

Hello again! 👋🏻 We lost ourselves completelyyyy to Parisian life these last few days … & I highly recommend it. 😆 Adding a couple days onto the front end of our trip at the last minute allowed our time in Paris to be all the more leisurely. And full of surprises - like impromptu 2€ carousel rides followed by park bench croqué monsieurs! 🇫🇷 Somehow in Paris, “leisurely” can also be simultaneous with “nonstop!!” I mean, bookending a long leisurely lunch with multiple museum visits + sightseeing can truly make 18,000 steps in one day feel all the more relaxing, right? Foodie favorites: we loved brunch at @lecafedeflore, dinner at @lesdeuxmagots and grabbing a light lunch to go from the food stall at Parc Monceau! 🎠 #paris #parisrestaurant #parkmonceau #cafedeflore #lesdeuxmagots

a reunion long anticipated with mon amie Clotilde! 🇫🇷🏰 The two of us toured castles together years & years ago and now it’s only fitting we’re back at it again - but this time with our little girls in tow. 🥹 The first stop on our French adventure was a day trip to visit my French soul sister in her petite village. Clo’s family hosted us for a long leisurely lunch followed by a visit to the “neighborhood chateau.” Lots of laughs filled our day & a pact that the next reunion is in 3 years max - not 13!! 🏰 Fun fact: Chateau de Maintenon was built in the 13th century but fully transformed in the late 1600s by Louis XII for his new wife - aka his former mistress / children’s nanny. 🙃 Well, it sure is beautiful! #frenchadventure #chateaudemaintenon #frenchcastle

🇫🇷 Paris, Je t’aime … & your “Chocolat Chaud avec Chantilly.” The boost we needed to go straight from our flight to a full fabulous first day in Paris! {& probably part of the reason why I’m awake right now at 2:40 am local time} 🤪 Still can’t even believe we’re here though and that this day was real! #parisfrance

Trial run of an outfit I’m taking along with me to France - later this week 🤯🇫🇷 !! My mom & I have had this trip *mentally planned* for almost 2 years. But only sat down to actually research & book everything … a little over a month ago. It’s been a whirlwind just getting ready for this special Mother-Daughter-Daughter adventure, so I can only imagine what experiencing it with both my mom & Annie will feel like! 🥰 ps: this light + airy @draperjames dress is coming along with me! Planning to walk for miles wearing it with practical and stylish sneakers Draper James’ from collab with @tretorn. 💃🏻 (they come in both red & green too!) 💙 Comment SHOP below to receive a DM with a link to shop this look + my Euro-travel essentials. https://liketk.it/4IsAo #draperjames #europeoutfit #summersundress #southernstyle