After walking along South Bank for a few hours and playing on their wonderful playground, we decided we wanted something to satiate out sweet tooth. Look no further than Max Brenner: Chocolate by the Bald Man. Upon entering you could immediately tell that they take chocolate very seriously. Everything oozed of chocolate, from the decor, to the smells, to the giant chocolate mixers. If there was a chocolate heaven, this would be it. To start, I had a cappuccino in…
For many of us, half the fun of traveling is finding new places to eat that you don’t normally get at home. When we were planning our Brisbane, Australia trip, my dad read somewhere that there is a large Indian population in Brisbane so the food there is authentic and very tasty. Of course, we are always down for a good Indian meal so we walked just a few blocks from the Queen Street Mall to Indian Mehfil and got…
Recently, my sister came home to visit from Cleveland, Ohio. Since we only see her maybe a few times a year, we decided to go on a sibling trip to Tokyo, Japan! This was our first ever sibling trip and what fun we had. Sara-Anne read somewhere that you could ride go-karts in costume on the streets of Tokyo and that was our main priority during our trip. I must say, after spending a few hours on these four wheeled…
So 2018 has arrived and it feels like it’s been forever since I’ve been on here (actually it’s been around 10 months since my last post so basically forever). What’s been going on in the world since we’ve last talked? We’ve been on lots of adventures both big and small and we’ve eaten tons of really great food. Hopefully in the upcoming months, I’ll be able to share with you some glimpses of the great year that was 2017. Last…
A few weeks ago, my grandmother was admitted to the hospital (she’s since been discharged and is back at home). Of course, we were all concerned for her health and wanted to stop by to see how she was doing. Unfortunately, she was in the ICU for several days and children under 13 weren’t allowed to visit. For a school assignment, Slugger made a heart and asked us to give it to Ma the next time we saw her. We…
As I alluded to in my last post, July is a busy month for us with Slugger’s birthday and my wedding anniversary, but really, July kicks off a busy season for us. After July, we celebrate a birthday every month. Mine is in August, followed by Sunny’s in September, Keao‘s in October, my brother and mother in November and then, of course, Christmas is in December. The second half of the year is truly a time to celebrate. To celebrate…
Hey everybody! I am back! Did anyone miss me? Did anyone even notice I was gone? Anyone? So for the last few weeks, I got locked out of my WordPress account! Yay! I installed a plugin and as soon as I activated it I no longer had sufficient permission to do anything. I couldn’t do post anything or even login. I thought this was very strange since I’m the only user on this account and I am a super administrator,…
Well, not exactly today, but sometime around this time anyway. 20 years ago, I graduated from high school. Frankly, it doesn’t seem like 20 years has passed since I was in high school, but the numbers truly don’t lie. Actually, being that it took me almost 18 to get to that point, the first 18 seemed much longer than the last 20. I guess it is true that time speeds up the older you get. Heck, can you believe we’re…
Happy New Year everyone! I know, I know. We’re practically halfway through the year and this is my first post of the year. Don’t worry, I made a resolution to blog more consistently this year and you have to start somewhere right? So, what happened over the last few months? In one word: plenty! I’ll try to fill you in as time permits, but tonight we’re talking about the trip we took in February. Last year sometime, my parents thought…
13 years ago, less than a week after my father passed away, my grandfather suffered a massive stroke while he and my grandmother were in Las Vegas. Thinking that this may be the last chance we would have to say good-bye, almost all of our family flew into Nevada to be at his bedside. Timing wise, this couldn’t have happened at a worse time. My dad just died, my brother was still in Washington state and my mom, step-dad and…