Carry On Packing; 4 months in Mexico Packing List
Tom and I both travel with just one carry-on sized bag each and I cannot recommend it enough. Not only are airlines charging more and more for checked luggage, but it also just makes...
Category: Destinations
The Magical Glass Sand Beach of Kauai – In Photos
I didn’t have high hopes before my first trip to Hawaii. For some reason I expected it to be all hype, way overrated and played out. I don’t know if I have ever been...
Our Favorite Big Island Hawaii Things To Do
Tom’s Dad lives on the Big Island, and Tom spent his High School years there so every time we have gone I’ve reaped the benefits of insider knowledge, and now you can too! The...
A Day at Sea: Kauai Boat Tours
Upon arriving in Kauai, we saw why Hawaii’s “Garden Isle” is often considered the most scenic and beloved of the islands. We knew we wanted to take in the stunning scenery from every angle...
Hilo Hawaii; The east side of the Big Island
The last time we went to Hawaii we spent almost all of our time on the Kona side. Tom’s Dad’s farm is in South Kona and so it made visiting him convenient, and it...
Walkin’ in L.A.
According to the 80’s “nobody walks in L.A.” Maybe some things have changed because, for a city as famous for traffic and smog as it is for movie stars and shopping on Rodeo Dr.,...
A Tale of Two Baklava Recipes; Persian and Hawaiian Style
Our friend Shawna is really great, but even if she wasn’t we would possibly continue to be friends with her to get the opportunity to see her parents Marie and Farzin. I guess it...
What To Do in Washington DC
Monuments, museums, and chili dogs; DC was an unexpected mishmash of disappointments and wonderful surprises. What we went to the city specifically to see flopped, and we were enchanted by things we thought we’d...
Unique Free & Open spaces in NYC
New York is known for it’s towering skyscrapers and gritty fast-paced city life. There is no denying that it is a highly concentrated metropolis, but that does not mean it is lacking in beautiful,...
The ABCs of Yum, Alphabet City New York, NY
Tom and I love our yearly visit to the East Coast. We get to spend time with both sides of our family, seeing my brother and our nephew and my great-aunt and grandma, as...
Sequoia Camping; Sites, Hikes & Bears. Oh My!
It wasn’t until I started traveling and talking to Europeans that I realized how little of the United States I have actually seen. On my first international trip (other than forays right over the...
San Diego Comic Con 2014 In Photos
When I was growing up comic con seemed like a huge gathering at about 40,000 people. I had not been in years, but Tom and I got to spend July in San Diego this...
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.