Continuing on with my new renovation series all about our 1925 Dutch Colonial in SE Portland, I’m revealing our renovation of the upstairs bathroom in this house. The house actually has 2 full bathrooms (which for an old house is pretty rare in this area) and the downstairs bathroom will… Read more
Obviously you’ve probably noticed that our travel has slowed down a lot as of the last few months and while mostly that’s due to me launching a new business, it’s also due to the fact that we are knee deep in a lot of home renovations that are on-going. We… Read more
A few weeks ago, we had a housewarming party at our new townhouse. After moving in January, we knew we wanted to open up our new home to all our local friends and family to be there to celebrate the move with us, for people to see our new place… Read more
After recently moving, I found myself starting over in terms of decor and how I wanted our new home to feel. One of the things that was really important to me when thinking about our new decor was obviously bringing a lot from our travels into our home, souvenirs we’ve… Read more
To say that we’ve had a lot going on the last few months would be a huge understatement. And while Land of Marvels continues to run in the background, I’ve had many things happening in the foreground recently in my day to day life. On top of work, running a business and teaching… Read more
Not long ago I came across this quote, “Travel does not exist without home…if we never return to the place we started, we would just be wandering. Home is a reflecting surface, a place to measure our growth and enrich us after being infused with the outside world.” – Josh… Read more
10 years ago around this time of the year I started college in Portland. I had moved into my apartment earlier in the Summer, but it wasn’t until September that I started school, started to meet new friends and that I met Nick. September 2005 was a special time for… Read more
Nick and I travel a lot. If we’re not a plane each month, it’s a rare occurrence. And whether it’s for work (which is a lot of the time) or pleasure, travel is a huge part of our lives. Some of that has come from our own choices but… Read more
We’re starting the week here off a little bit personal today. I don’t talk about Portland nearly enough on the blog here and my home city is one that’s pretty special and I think I should definitely highlight it more. It’s a place that has finally become a true home… Read more
I’ve talked before about my background and growing up in Middle East, my heritage as a third culture kid (TCK) and a bit about what my childhood was like abroad. But in the span of the last few weeks, I’ve been reading so many posts from other bloggers on their… Read more
While I speak a lot about Portland on this blog and a bit about my childhood abroad in Saudi Arabia, I realized I haven’t really touched much on the other places that have shaped me into who I am and those places that I have called home over the years…. Read more