Packing for Costa Rica during the rainy season with three generations in tow is a puzzle. You need rain gear and sunscreen in the same bag. This Costa Rica packing list is what we brought on our 9-day trip through La Fortuna, Rio Celeste, Tamarindo, and Monteverde, tested on horseback, in hanging bridges, on ATVs, …
This trip was all about packing three generations of our family into a rented Hyundai Staria and seeing how much of Costa Rica we could fall in love with in 9 days. Grandma, grandpa, our five-year-old, our friend Kat, and the two of us covered Panama City, La Fortuna, Rio Celeste, Tamarindo, and Monteverde, and …
After a recent long weekend based in Redondo Beach, we came home reminiscing about the foods and created a running list of the best places to eat in South Bay. This little stretch of coastline located south of LAX and west of the 110 freeway, includes Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach. These quaint beach towns …
This stay was hosted in partnership with Chaulkboard and Sonesta Redondo Beach & Marina. As always, all opinions (and all the churros) are our own. Sometimes the best trips are the ones that don’t require a flight at all. For our Redondo Beach family weekend getaway, we packed up the car, drove about two hours …
This month marks one year since my mom and I took our dream mother-daughter trip to Tahiti, such an amazing trip! Last year my mom and I had “big birthdays”, you know the ones that start a new decade, so we wanted to do it up right. We had talked for years about taking a big …
