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…
On a recent trip to LA, on our way to the Getty Museum, my friend Will and I were looking for a place to eat and we stumbled upon Zankou Chicken. It boasts Mediterranean cuisine and it got pretty good reviews. Of course, if you have the word chicken in the name of your restaurant you gotta try the chicken (although they do serve other meats and vegetarian options as well). We ordered the quarter chicken plate which, in addition…
If you’re like most American families, one of your New Year’s resolutions is to be more active in the new year. Of course, like most American families it’s taken us two months to get started (disclaimer: I have no hard evidence to prove this but I’m pretty sure we’re an average American family). So on one recent Saturday our family along with several others braved the wet muddy ground in search of an easy waterfall hike. And, when I say…
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…
After spending a few days with Keao in Los Angeles, the very next week I headed in the opposite direction. My brother was meeting up with his friend Bryan in Japan and they were staying with our friend Gabe so I decided to crash their little party and visit the motherland. To be completely honest, one of the biggest reasons I had for going was the opportunity to hit up Universal Studios Japan, home of the Wizarding World of Harry…
Last month, Keao and I had a few days free so we hopped on a redeye to visit beautiful Los Angeles. I read about a two-hour tour of the Warner Bros. studio that included some glimpses backstage of some of Keao’s favorite shows and so after a quick five-hour flight on Hawaiian Airlines, we grabbed a car and headed toward Hollywood! This may sound silly, but up until the tour, I didn’t realize that there were actually a group of…
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…