We came to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. We did not come to buy a house. Within a week of arriving, we were sitting somewhere in the French Quarter trying to figure out how to become homeowners in a city we hadn’t planned to live in. The rental we’d booked […]
If we could go back and talk to our younger selves as we packed for our first trip together 27 years ago, we would say one thing: “Put it back. You don’t need it.” In the early days, we were “just in case” packers. We packed for every possible weather […]
Over 27 years of travel, we’ve bought our fair share of trinkets. We have shelves of wood carvings, decorative bowls, a collection of caps, and enough magnets to cover three refrigerators. But if you asked us to describe our favorite memories from a trip five years ago, we wouldn’t talk […]
When we first started cruising, one of the biggest “culture shocks” for us was the shore excursion. Coming from a background of independent travel where we planned our day, the idea of being funneled onto a bus with 40 other people felt, frankly, a bit daunting. We worried we’d lose […]