Jean Lafitte National Park, New Orleans Self-Guided Swamp Tour
New Orleans is a city surrounded by swamps, basically making it an island. It’s easy to see why the swamps are shrouded in just as much mystery and tales as they are in Spanish...
Category: Destinations
Our Harry Potter World Plan to Avoid Crowds and Maximize Magic
I didn’t want too much from our visit to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I just wanted the magic of the books to come alive, and to experience it sans other people –...
Soaring Over San Diego – Flight Lessons in My Hometown
I have recently become ridiculously enamored with small aircraft, from helicopter sightseeing tours in Kauai, to more utilitarian, though no less spectacular, flights in tiny planes across Mexico, if it’s small and it flies;...
New Orleans Commander’s Palace 25¢ Martini Lunch Hour
During our month-long visit to New Orleans, it seemed to be a city positively overflowing with happy hours. Every time we turned around someone wanted to sell us oysters for less than a clam,...
Discovering the Cenotes Near Merida, Mexico
Cenotes Near Merida From our first Cenote experience; scuba diving the Cenote Kankirixche near Merida we were hooked! We both instantly knew that during our month-long housesit in the area we were going to...
A New Orleans Swamp Tour Good Enough to do Twice!
Going on a New Orleans Swamp Tour is definitely a must-do when visiting the Big Easy. We were especially keen to go since as much as we love exploring a new city, we are...
5 Fun Solvang CA Things To Do – California Road Trip Stop
When I started planning our California road trip I learned about Solvang CA, an adorable European town set smack dab in the middle of Califonrian wine country, and knew we had to stop there!...
One of the loveliest Austin Things To Do – Hamilton Pool Photos
It was a photo much like this one that brought us to Hamilton pool outside of Austin, Texas. I was chatting with a yoga teacher after a class, and when she found out that...
Our Favorite Place in Oaxaca Mexico
On our first day in Oaxaca we stumbled, as if by accident though I am sure it was fate, onto the Centro Académico y Cultural San Pablo. We were drawn in by the herringbone...
Diving Isla Mujeres’ Underwater Art Museum
Some things about Isla are definitely a little weird. For example we took to calling it ‘gringo go-cart island.’ But it is an unquestionably beautiful place. Seriously magical with Listerine-hued water, soft fluffy white...
Flamingos Flying over the Laguna Rosada Yucatan Mexico in Photos
We housesit a lot, and one of the things we love so much about it is that it encourages to visit hidden little pockets of the world that would not have been on our...
Spectacular Sustenance, Ku’uk Merida Review
Food has gotten weird over the past couple of decades and I am so, so, into it. It has gone from mere sustenance, or delights to the taste and digestion to full on immersive...
We are Tom and Jenny. Entrepreneurs, travelers and spicy food aficionados. California is officially "home" but we can usually be found a lot closer to the equatorial belt. We started an app development company and have been calling anywhere with an internet connection "the home office" for the last few years.