Or course, all our major plans for 2020 were canceled. Like our June trip to Peru and a family visit to Paris to see Henri’s grandparents. But, what really led us to the beachside town of Carlsbad? A restaurant called Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers. A basic name? Yes, but the burgers are so good! We […]
Need to plan a quick trip from LA or the OC? Look south to San Diego.
Henri is from Orange County and works there, so we spend a lot of time in the OC. I grew up going to Newport Dunes as a kid so you can say we’re local experts. Since I do spend a lot of time there I thought I would introduce you to a new section of […]
Joshua Tree is just a short car ride away, depending on where you are in SoCal. For us in Los Angeles, it’s only about 2 hours away. This desert national park is great for hiking, rock climbing, and star gazing. We don’t rock climb, but it was neat to see other visitors making their way […]
I finally picked some photos from our summer road trip up Pacific Coast Highway to highlight in this California scrapbook page. The drive up was slightly gloomy, but still breathtaking. Though the sky looked slightly dull in my photos the colors from the ocean and hills were still bright. So I knew that the paper […]
We love to travel and have been to five countries in the last four years while being full-time employees. But, we haven’t taken advantage of what’s right in our backyards. Sometimes we take for granted that we’re SoCal natives and look elsewhere on the map to satisfy our wanderlust. Planning a road trip seems daunting […]
It’s only the beginning of July, but a heat wave has struck Los Angeles and each day is hitting record breaking temperatures. We had no choice but to pack ourselves up and head to the beach for the day. We have both been wanting to explore the Malibu beaches and because it was too hot […]
