Sweet, wonderful, picture-perfect Lucca. If it's even possible - if I could drum up the energy to calculate everywhere that we have been in our lifetimes, all of the breathtaking corners of the world that we have seen even in just the last six months - I just may...
With all of the traveling that Erin and I have been doing lately, we've definitely got our routines down - we can pack in our sleep and going through the security line is an exercise in muscle memory that makes makes me feel like George Clooney in "Up in the Air."...
I'm guilty of being a photographer by trade. You know how they say a plumber always has leaky faucets in their own home? Well, neither do I, because I just made that up, but as a photographer I tend to not take that many photos when I'm on vacation. Not because I...
This, my friends, is me. Yup, I'm double-fisting a spicy hot dog and a cheese pretzel. Hey, I'm on vacation people. I can hear you judging. Or is that drooling? So what is this week's Recipe Sunday all about? Well, it's about eating. Which just so happens to be...
Well, I wasn't technically flyin' solo. I was with my best girlfriend, Shannon, who lives outside of D.C., and we conquered Manhattan (and the shopping) like only two twenty-somethings on a girl's trip can. It was hot, humid, noisy, bustling, and absolutely...
Do you remember your first time? When you first strolled through Central Park? Or climbed to the top of the Empire State Building? Or gazed over Ground Zero? Or felt the buzz in Times Square? Well I don't, because it hasn't happened yet. After years of watching the...
We're really not shellfish kind of people. But when the father of your bride that was born and bred in the heart of Maine takes you to a lobster pound on the New England coast, you better cozy up to the idea of a big fat poky lobster for dinner. I was a little...
Welcome back to the second half of Josh and Emily's Santa Barbara wedding at the Canary Hotel. After the ceremony, we snuck away with Emily and Josh and found ourselves some lovely little corners on downtown State Street, which just so happens to be one of our...
The world moves a little bit slower on days like this. The bustling streets outside the Canary Hotel in Santa Barbara relaxed into a warm afternoon's stroll while a hotel room of girls flitted around the calm and serene Emily inside their suite. Kisses of sunshine...
I had never eaten Thai food before I went to Thailand, and I had no idea what to expect. I didn't know if the flavors were spicy or cheesy or if they used noodles or rice or pasta or tortillas. Really, its completely sad how little I knew. I had heard about this...
Almost four months of travel, and we're finished. We made it home. I've already unpacked and worked through the mountain of smelly laundry we came back with. Well, this "laundry" was more like a pile of sweat and dirt that smelled like our hike through the cloud...
Welcome back to the kitchen and the second installment of Khmer cooking with The Youngrens. I hope you enjoyed the trip to the Cambodian market yesterday, smells and everything! Last week, we featured Jeff's appetizer of Khmer Spring Rolls, so this week its my turn...