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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...
The one where she rambles about Greece
There was marble on the beach. The same stone that Restoration Hardware will try to sell you as an end table, white with grey veins...
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...
Camano Island State Park
This post is a series installment of unofficial guides I wrote for those who want to visit the Pacific Northwest, but not necessarily...
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...
Deception Pass
This post is a series installment of unofficial guides I wrote for those who want to visit the Pacific Northwest, but not necessarily...
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,...
School FAQ
If opinions are like butt holes and everyone has one, then let's just say that I've seen a lot of butt holes in the years since we...
The Very Hungry Vancouver
So the old passports were languishing in our fireproof box. I'm fairly certain I could have written "Use me" in the proverbial dust that...
Friday Harbor
This post is a series installment of unofficial guides I wrote for those who want to visit the Pacific Northwest, but not necessarily...
The Fallout
We moved across the country a year ago. Well, actually, it was more like a year and a half ago... but we were in temporary housing while...
Day in Morocco
If you get a chance to touch your feet on African soil, take it. While I am not the sort of person who counts the places I've visited,...
Don't Sell Out
For years one of the biggest travel myths out there was that you had to be an heir to the Rockefeller fortune to be able to vacation...
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 ...
The Iberian Blitz: when those plans you made after three glasses of wine come true
We talk about taking epic trips the same way we talk about going to the symphony together. Friends gathered around the remnants of a...
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