Begin Again
I really wanted things to stay the same. The good parts, at least. The part where I impulsively bought tickets to Athens at midnight and...
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It's not just "Jet Lag": How to Not Feel Like Garbage at the End of a Long Haul Flight
I was at work the other day when a fellow colleague came up to me and said "Hey, Miss Cluster Fuss Travel, I need some travel advice!" ...
The Helpers
"Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” - Mr. Rogers One year ago today we received The News. The News that...
365, A Review
Unless if you are Jeff Bezos or Gavin Newsom, odds are good you are coming into 2021 a bit shaken. Nervous. Sad. Hoping for the best, but...
Ruh-Roh: You Were Laid-off
Job loss has got to be one of the least sexy topics out there. We all know it is there, of course. Every day we hear the news tell us...
Pandemic Travel Ep. 20 Show Notes
Well, hello YOU! I'm assuming you are here because you listened to our podcast and are wanting some of the details about what we talked...
The Downside of Achieving Your Dreams
Five years ago we sold our home and signed a lease that promised us a ticket out of Arizona. Five years later Scott and I find ourselves...
Solo Flight with Kids
From there I went ahead and indulged my illogical hyper-organizing self to plenty of zip lock bags and tricking out my travel medicine bag.
...even so, we hunkered down and hit play just the same
We left our home as swiftly and quietly as we could one rare sunny afternoon in March. The Israeli and Canadian stamp ink was still...
The COVID-19 Quarantine Special: Show Notes
Did you like our podcast? Interested in some of the recommendations we provided for living that Quarantine Life in a work from...
Guest Post: Quick Tips for Traveling on a Budget With Your Kids
GUEST POST: Featuring Leslie Campos of wellparents.com
A Thousand Words, Give or Take: Paris
The photos and stories communicate an easy joie de vivre that was not entirely accurate. "We took our baby to Paris for his 2nd birthday."
Ready Player One in French Polynesia: A year of family travel and writing
One year ago today I brought my real world into a virtual one. I had been blogging for ten years, taking photos for twenty, traveling for...
Flying Virgin Atlantic, a love story
I stumbled upon a Virgin Atlantic flight during a late night quest for reasonably priced tickets to Europe. For years it had been the...
Notes on Overtourism
We first heard the term "overtourism" when Venice, Italy talked of implementing a tourist tax. The small canal town was so overwhelmed...
Uninfluenced: Victoria, B.C.
This summer we visited one of the oldest cities in the Pacific Northwest. We are pleased to say that this place lives up to it's namesake...
Uninfluenced: Athens
How did we get here? I was in love with Athens. Ever since I took Old World History in the 5th grade I was enchanted with the white...
UnInfluenced: Naxos
The Cyclades will bewitch you, much like they did to Odysseus. The archipelago of Greek islands in the Aegean sea will slay your sense of...