I turned 40 shortly before this trip and Sarah very thoughtfully booked a round of golf in Hawaii as a birthday present. Well played, wife. She doesn’t golf, but it’s Hawaii so she was happy to ride along in the cart with me and drink umbrella drinks. This was probably Read more…
For those of you who don’t know, Sarah and I got married on Maui in 2015. We had planned to return in 2020 for our 5-year anniversary but COVID had other plans. So in 2021, we returned on our 6-year anniversary to celebrate our 5-year anniversary because it’s illegal to Read more…
Here are a smattering of random photos from our way back home. We stoped in San Luis Obispo for lunch (another very cool walkable downtown) and also dropped in on The Madonna Inn, which is an old hotel with the kitsch turned up to 11. We saw some lazy otter Read more…
The second and final stop for the trip was Opolo Vineyards. While I wouldn’t call JUSTIN “stuffy”, by comparison Opolo was much more of an everyman’s vineyard. Their “featured” food was wood-fired pizza and their patio felt more backyard BBQ than I’m used to seeing on a wine tasting trip Read more…
The first of two wineries we visited this weekend was JUSTIN. We sat on their patio, had a few tastings, and ate meat and cheese off of wood, as one does when wine-ing. The views here are magnificent, the wine is incredible, and this family-owned business has a rich history. Read more…
There is a LOT of amazing food up in Paso and our friends Mafe and Tavo were kind enough to show us their favorite spots. I’m just going to cover the two dinners we had but if memory serves correctly we were there for 2 nights and had 179 meals. Read more…
As we’ll be doing for the next couple of days, we spent the day on the dog beach in Ocean Beach, San Diego. The pups do enjoy running around and behave incredibly well off the leash, but they opted largely to just sit with us all day. At one point Read more…
For Sarah’s birthday we went to Pawmicon – which is a portmanteau of the two words “some dog owners” and “are out of their minds”. In this ComiCon for dogs, owners and their furry puppers dress up as their favorite pop cultural icons. The usual staples were present; Batman, Wonder Read more…
We spent our last day checking out Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Truth be told, this stopover was really just our way of getting near the airport for a 6 AM Friday arrival (sorry, Zagreb, nothing personal). But as it turned out, we were pleasantly surprised. Zagreb is a really Read more…
The sites from Wednesday’s visit to the Plitvice Lakes are better seen than read. If you want more information, you can check out their website here. All you really need to know is that this park is nothing but turquoise lagoons, waterfalls, and railing-free wooden walkways that would never fly Read more…