We just returned from a week-long Utah trip a few days ago. It started with barf, ended with barf, and we squeezed in a whole bunch of fun in between. Yes, you read that right: barf. Of course. We were supposed to leave on Sunday morning, but Stevie was feeling sick. Not the first time…
I haven’t made a packing list in quite awhile (for obvious reasons!) But while temperatures here in Los Angeles soared well above 110 degrees over this holiday weekend, my heart and mind took me to a happier place. Sunny San Francisco. I don’t think San Francisco is typically referred to as “sunny”, but over the…
I love creating a minimal packing list from my vacations — not only to help someone else who may struggle with packing, but also to help myself the next time I go on a trip! It’s so nice to have a reference point! And I have to start this post by saying that sometimes I…
Feeling extra proud of myself this last week. A solo trip with Stevie can be an anxiety-inducing experience. Sometimes even just driving two hours to Disneyland or the beach is enough to do me in. So a cross country flight, topped off by a 3 hour drive in either direction, was makin’ me nervous. But…
Cold Weather Essentials in a Carry-On On our latest trip to the Midwest, I felt like I really hit my stride with cold weather packing. Now, this is no polar vortex survival kit, but it was perfect for temps between the 20’s-40’s. And color me surprised when it hit 42 degrees and Miss California over…
You already know I went on a girls’ trip for my 40th birthday, but you don’t know what I packed in my carry-on. As always, I waited until the last minute to get my packing done, and let the anxiety build up high and tight before the outfits just came to me. Once they finally…
Welp. Summer break is over. I am obviously relieved that Stevie will be getting back to his regularly scheduled programming, but I’m also kinda… flabbergasted, I guess? I mean, it just went by so fast. I don’t know how much you can even consider summer break to be a break when you have summer school…
Oh hey, hello, it’s been awhile! What’s up you guys? As you probably guessed by my lack of posting, we have been busy, busy, and one more busy. I just launched my updated photography site and I’m working on making changes to this site some day soon as well. Plus… life. This crazy life! It seems as…
When I think of Vegas, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely not my mom style. So when I was packing for my weekend getaway, I started to feel a little like what has happened to me? But guess what all you young, beautiful, blingy bikini wearing girls; I, the 36-year old lady wearing the straw hat by…
When I had a reader email me asking what to bring on vacation to Southern California, it was one of those forehead smacker moments like HELLO! Of course I can help with that! Why didn’t I think of this before? So if I was visiting me, this is what I’d bring – and it would work whether…