A California Coast Gem

This post brought to you by New­port Beach. All opin­ions are 100% mine. Sum­mer is here and I’ve got the travel bug. Unfor­tuneately, like most, I don’t have the cir­cum­stances to ven­ture off to far. Since I live in a top tourist state, Cal­i­for­nia, I decided to inves­ti­gate what gems neigh­bored me. Last sum­mer we played […]

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Apr 012012
 
Potato Postcards

                    On my recent trip to Idaho I wanted to send a post­card home to fam­ily. How­ever, I didn’t want to just send a bor­ing paper post­card. I came up with the idea of mail­ing an actual Idaho potato with my mes­sage writ­ten on it. My […]

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Cafe Chloe, San Diego

Look­ing for a culi­nary gem in San Diego? I found one I love, Cafe’ Chloe on Ninth Ave. I recently had some time to burn while wait­ing for some­one at the air­port so I headed out to find myself a lit­tle break­fast and cof­fee. My sis­ter had told me about this place before, so I […]

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Dec 262011
 
Style in the Sky

              Gone are the days of gourmet meals and per­sonal pam­per­ing when you fly in the sky. This doesn’t mean you can’t take mat­ters into your own hands and make the most of your trav­els. Half the vaca­tion fun for me is get­ting to my des­ti­na­tion by air­plane. I’m […]

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What's Better Than a Five Dollar Footlong?

      Five things to do in San Diego under five bucks! “Money doesn’t buy hap­pi­ness.” I’d like to add “it doesn’t buy fun either”! (ok, maybe it does, haha, but it doesn’t have too) Here are some great ways to enjoy your week­end for under $5 in the San Diego area. Get inspired to […]

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Ten Things To Do In San Diego This Weekend

Hip, hip, hur­ray for the week­end! What is every­one up to? Con­sid­er­ing I live in a top tourist des­ti­na­tion area (I totally take it for granted!) there is plenty to do here. The weather fore­cast is primo btw! I won’t bore you by sug­gest­ing the “San Diego Safari Park”(although that’s one of my favorite touristy […]

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Make a Good Vacation Great!

                    No, I’m not going to tell you to pack your bags and head to Flo­rence Italy, although that would do the trick too! I have one word for you…Tri­pad­vi­sor! (no I do not own stock in them, no I do not gain finan­cially in any way, […]

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What You Might Not Know About Napa Valley Restaurants

I love to travel. One of my favorite des­ti­na­tions lately is the wine coun­try of Napa Val­ley area in North­ern Cal­i­for­nia. You will see a lot of future posts relat­ing to any­thing “trav­el­ish” to Napa. Any­way, today I am shar­ing a lit­tle gem with you. Often we pur­chase a bot­tle of our favorite vino dur­ing […]

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Brown Bag a Free Trip to Hawaii! (no joke!)

What’s the catch? Here it goes and any­body can do it…Start pack­ing your lunches and start eat­ing din­ner at home more. Obvi­ously this con­cept isn’t new or rocket sci­ence. How­ever I promise the money you will save will get you a trip to Hawaii or what­ever des­ti­na­tion you’re dream­ing about. I stum­bled across this cool […]

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