While in Pasadena for a couple weeks over the Christmas break staying with my parents there, we decided to do a day trip to Disneyland. As our Christmas presents to each other, Nick and I bought our tickets back in October as the park is selling out months before certain… Read more
My parents moved to Pasadena in 2020 and since then, we’ve spent a lot of time in the SoCal area. While we’ve spent time in LA in the past, we’re really enjoying getting to know more about the Pasadena area and especially getting to enjoy all the great restaurants there…. Read more
Since my parents moved to Pasadena in May of 2020, I’ve begun to start a list of all the places in LA that I want to see over the next handful of years while they are in SoCal. Honestly, LA has never been one of my favorite places to visit… Read more
During our recent week in Southern California, Nick and I planned to take 2 days and explore somewhere new near where my parents live in Pasadena. The first day, we drove up to Ojai and on the second day, we jumped in the car with my mom and drove 45… Read more
To celebrate our 15 year dating anniversary and my birthday, Nick and I were supposed to be in Europe this week. But obviously due to COVID, that trip got canceled and it was definitely a huge hit for me to not have that trip happen. Instead though, we decided to… Read more
I often get the question, if you had the choice to travel to place A or B, which would you choose? Or do you think I’d like place A or B better? And to answer that question, it really depends on the destinations you’re looking at choosing between. There are… Read more
After my parents moved to Southern California at the end of May, Nick and I have been visiting them more than we initially thought we would this Summer due to a few different circumstances. First, we helped them move and drove down from Portland when they first got there because… Read more
Since my parents moved to the LA area in late May of 2020, Nick and I have taken full advantage of having them back on the West Coast by driving to see them. Especially with COVID, it’s been really nice to have the option to drive to see them now… Read more
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
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 as… 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
On a trip to Southern California for a quick weekend escape, we drove 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 made that drive along the Pacific Coast Highway,… Read more