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 thirty four... I ha...

I stumbled upon a Virgin Atlantic flight during a late night quest for reasonably priced tickets to Europe. For years it had been the mysterious east coast c...

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 columns, politics, mythol...

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 time and beauty and...

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 your preferred cultu...

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 internet took a few momen...

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 swore off the parks ...

The Trip: An Epic Christmas PTO Burn A coastal trek from Camano Island to Haystack Rock by way of Rockaway Beach, Oregon to Monterrey, California and Pfeiffe...

Children should be seen and not heard. While the Victorian adage seems quite outmoded in this present era of attachment parenting and preschool Mandarin le...

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 to your child, tra...

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 "sister" (Genetically s...

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 another you will find yo...

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 hoped it would be. We di...

Disneyland. The holy grail of theme parks. The place where at least one super bowl champion has gone to celebrate. A space where the castle turrets are a p...

Of all the privileged first world problems to have, loathing being in a single hotel room with small children probably tops the list. I get that and I own ...

When we have a choice between flying or driving, and the door to door time is the same, we choose to drive. The miles of freeway, raiding the grubby gas st...

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 another country and...