Hi!  We are Laurel and Carly - two sisters who grew up in Southern Indiana with a lust for the beach. (I mean, who doesn’t have a lust for the beach when you are surrounded by farmland?) We were lucky enough to be raised by parents who gauged success not on how big your house was, how fancy your clothes were, or how much jewelry you accrued, but by how many times a year you could get your family out of town. 

For our parents, that was at least twice a year.  Now, let’s be real.  These weren’t lavish vacations.  You would never find our family exploring unknown cities, taming horses at a dude ranch, tackling a theme park, or chartering a boat overseas.  Nope.  All of that sounds exhausting, quite frankly. What we WERE doing was posting up at a beach for the week - usually with our cousins - with coolers filled with sandwiches we just made in a rented condo with limited beach toys, but plenty of music, cold beverages, and cherished time together.  Now in our forties (how did that happen?), our husbands gradually embraced our need to get away years ago. (They didn’t exactly have a choice. It’s in our blood, after all, right?)  And, our kids were easy sells.  

The lifestyle we refer to includes little to no planning.  If you live to plan a minute-to-minute Disney World trip, we aren’t your people. In fact, we have anxiety thinking about it.  If you have stayed at the same place multiple times without exploring the town other than its beaches - welcome home.  Our kids thought the rental that we’ve stayed at on the Gulf Coast for 20+ years was our second home.  Bless them. 

Now back to PIBE.  PIBE – or Play It By Ear.  This mantra was born out of a slower lifestyle. Taking a vacation as it comes, rather than planning it into something.  When we’re on vacation, there are no plans other than sitting on the beach and enjoying each other’s company.  We might run to the pool, rent a pontoon boat for the day, grab a tee time, play pickleball, or go out to dinner, but what we won’t do is plan any of it.  

The brand was born to accommodate these unplanned days that turn into the best times of your life.  So, when you are asking yourself Where Next – look to us. We’ll help you PIBE.

About Carly

Carly’s work background includes event planning for an area nonprofit and public relations for the area’s largest prosecutor’s office and a local clothing boutique. She has been married to her husband, Scott, for 13 years.  They have two young boys, Marshall and Griffin, who live to PIBE, spending their days playing golf, pickleball, and of course, gaming.   

About Laurel

Laurel’s work history includes serving as a remote public relations director for a full service advertising agency in Naples, Florida, and starting and growing a local parks foundation into one of the area’s premier charitable organizations.  She lives three houses down from Carly with her husband of 18 years, Brad, and two teen daughters, Alice and Hattie, who remain busy with everything from volleyball and golf to shopping for no reason.