A Travel Blog
We spent a glorious and magical Saturday at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in LA a couple weekends ago as well as exploring the whole Universal Studios Park and enjoyed it very much! It had been years since we had been (since we were kids) and while the Wizarding… Read more
For years now, Nick and I have had the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Los Angeles on our travel list. And for some reason, it’s just never really seemed to work out. Finally, we spend a weekend there in late January and all our Harry Potter dreams were realized! First,… Read more
Hilton Los Angeles Universal City – Los Angeles, USA 555 Universal Hollywood Dr, Universal City, CA 91608 See more Reviews! The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at LA’s Universal City has long been on our wishlist for travel and we finally made it happen this January. I had looked into… Read more
Every year I like to look back at the past year, where I’ve been, what experiences I’ve had, what places made an impact on me. This year we did a lot of travel, both personally and professionally. We traveled near our home and explored some beautiful spots in Oregon, Washington… Read more
Travel is one of those things that each of us does a little differently. We all head to places that fit our lifestyles and personalities, we find hotels that meet our requirements which are all different and we all get to our destinations differently and on different budgets. And… Read more
Andaz West Hollywood – Los Angeles, California See more Reviews! via Check in – We arrived late Friday evening and my only complaint at check in was that the valet was super busy and backed up and it took us a while to be able to pull up and drop… Read more
Our last day in LA, we wanted to spend some time seeing areas of Los Angeles that we haven’t seen in previous trips, one place of which was Santa Monica. Though I went numerous times as a child, Nick and I have not been there together and we wanted to… Read more
And now onto California… Last weekend we headed down to Southern California for a quick weekend escape and to drive up the coast from LA to Santa Barbara, with stops along the way in Malibu and Ventura. I’d only ever been as far as Malibu and Nick had never… Read more
I hear a lot from people that they just don’t have the time to travel, that they can’t afford to take a week off of work for vacation. And while, I’m of the mind-set that I believe that’s a really important thing to do for our health, I understand the… Read more
The Hotel Wilshire – Los Angeles, California See more Reviews! I found this hotel when I was looking for a place to stay in LA for our trip to Disneyland. We wanted to stay more in downtown LA, instead of Anaheim, and we always enjoy a great boutique hotel for… Read more
After spending all day Saturday at Disneyland and California Adventure, we wanted to stay downtown LA so we drove back from the parks Saturday evening to our hotel, the Hotel Wilshire. It was such a cool hotel and I’ll speak more to it in my upcoming new Hotel Guide (stay tuned… Read more