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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.
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...
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...
Beauty and the Road
It is no secret that when I travel I basically become the troll of whatever AirBnB I happen to be staying in. Troll or Post Malone. Take...
The Minced Oath
Why is this so hard? Everyone makes it look so easy. The cursor hovered over the purchase button. I held my breath and clicked. The...
Disney Expense Report and Experience Recap
We just returned from a trip to the Big D, and by that I mean Disneyland. After the Crowd-fest that was the 2016 and 2017 trips to DL, I...
The PTO Burn
The Trip: An Epic Christmas PTO Burn A coastal trek from Camano Island to Haystack Rock by way of Rockaway Beach, Oregon to Monterrey,...
Airplane Mode
Children should be seen and not heard. While the Victorian adage seems quite outmoded in this present era of attachment parenting and ...
Ruh-Roh: puppy, canceled flight, and a kindergartner... oh my
The flight was at 10pm with direct service from DFW to SEA and you had taken all the responsible travel precautions. Reserve a seat next...
Puppy Trip
So... We got a puppy. Yes. Another one. He is incredibly cute, and gassy, and yippy, and tiny, and his name is Phineas Book. Like his...
Travel when you should
We've all been there: Whether it is a family event, a good friend's wedding, or a holiday you just need to show up for, one way or ...
Little Europe
When Charlie was just under the age of two we boarded a plane and went to England and France for three weeks. It was everything we...
Hotel Confessions
Of all the privileged first world problems to have, loathing being in a single hotel room with small children probably tops the list. I...
Ruh-roh: You lost your bags
The airplane has just landed and you turn on your phone. You aren't sure exactly what sort of messages you'll receive as you are now in ...
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