A Family Travel Blog
Ojai Restaurants in 2022 – an Introduction We’ve lived near Ojai, California for over a decade and we’re pretty knowledgeable when it comes to Ojai restaurants. Having said that, there have been a lot of changes lately, with some favorite places closing and new restaurants popping up at their locations.… Read More
Things to Do in Colorado Springs with Kids / Colorado Springs Kids Activities Growing up in Colorado Springs, I don’t remember ever being bored. I lived a block from the Broadmoor Hotel and walked over frequently, reading comic books in the drug store, playing at the playground or grabbing day-old bread from the Tavern kitchen… Read More
The Brilliance of Sunrise Sunrise and sunset are often accorded the same reverence in literature and song, but on Instagram it’s a different story. A quick search of the #sunset tag shows 300 million posts and a search of the #sunrise tag shows 1/4 that many. The reason: far more people… Read More
Visiting Saudi: An Introduction For me, Saudi was always the Schrodinger’s Cat of countries: I simultaneously wanted to visit and didn’t want to visit. I’ve had friends over the years who lived there with their families as ex-pats and it seemed fascinating – a wealthy country mostly hidden from the… Read More
My 2021 Gift Guide – An Introduction Welcome to the holidays! Throughout the year I’ve kept track of things that I liked so I could include them here. A lot of these are things we stumbled upon, and some are here because the brands reached out to me, wanting to… Read More
Things to Do in Paris, France Paris was my first international destination when I was seven years old, and we’ve taken our kids to Paris several times – as a family of five and as a leg of an around-the-world trip. I’ve also traveled to Paris with friends and solo… Read More
A New Tradition Five years ago my college roommate texted me out of the blue: “Any chance you’ve got an opening for a quick trip to Florence?” Of course! It would be fun to get back to my favorite city and a great opportunity to reunite with an old friend,… Read More
Africa with Friends Several years before having kids, I started traveling to Africa with friends. It was amazing! In South Africa we saw the Cape of Good Hope and climbed Cape Town’s Table Mountain. In Zimbabwe we spent several days at Victoria Falls before getting into a local bus, traveling… Read More
Cinque Terre, Italy In over 40 visits to Italy, somehow I had never made it to Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre, a grouping of five towns (plus a couple others) on the Mediterranean, has always been a region based around agriculture – specifically grapes and olives. Then people started hiking from… Read More
The Best Florence Restaurants So of course I can’t tell you what the best Florence restaurants are. That’s part of the fun of traveling to Florence – you get to stumble upon tavernas and find your own favorite places. Then you can return, and return again, and you’ll see how… Read More
