New Orleans vacation in a house of ill-repute during the Cosmic Convergence Festival
We went to New Orleans, Louisiana. Bethany’s parents spent their first anniversary there, so we had already heard about how wonderful it is. Mix in our love of food, music, and history, and Giorgio Tsoukalos and the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus’ Cosmic Convergence Festival, and it was a recipe for awesomeness.
How to be a happy vampire in the sun
I have pale skin, and I enjoy having pale skin. I dislike the beach, tan lines, sun damage, and 100 degree heat. However, in mid-July, my husband and I will be staying for a week in a Galveston, Texas beach house. Do any of the Homies have advice for keeping the sun off while keeping cool? (Other than liberal application of sunscreen, of course.)
The magical inside scoop on the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London
If you’ve ever been curious about, dreamed about, or are considering adding the Harry Potter Studio Tour to your vacation plans, you should read this post. Here’s the inside scoop…
Anticipated foreign coldness in a weird place: Our Russian honeymoon
The hardest part was walking through campus (we both teach) and listening to our students talk about going to Jamaica and Cancun while we were scrambling to find a winter coat for my husband. The week before we started to regret our decision, thinking of tropic locales while anticipating 2.5-4 feet of snow (in Moscow and St. Petersburg respectively). But it was amazing.
Drive along on a foodie-fueled vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota
A marriage quest that we have decided to embark on is to visit as many National Parks as we can over the course of our marriage. We thought, “Why not start in our own state?” Yes, why not. We drove across the great state of South Dakota to the Black Hills.
“It looks a lot scarier than it tastes”: 10 foods to try when you travel to Norway
The last few years of living in Stavanger, Norway have opened me up to the beauty of Norwegian gastronomy. Here is a short list of traditional and modern Norwegian foodstuffs to sample in case you want to eat your way through Norway and enjoy the good, the better and the amazing from the Norwegian table.
Escape the cold with this kitschy, Floridian winter getaway to Jacksonville Beach
I ended up in the Jacksonville Beaches area to attend a wedding. Coming from Michigan to Florida in December seemed like a good time to turn the trip into a nice vacation. The location is beautiful and I wanted to prioritize taking as much time to relax as possible.
A Christmas honeymoon trip to Universal Orlando
I am obsessed with Harry Potter and thought it would be a perfect vacation. We waited until after my school semester was done and made it our first Christmas/New Year’s together and our honeymoon. Plus Legoland had just opened, and that’s Geoff’s obsession, so it was super-perfect timing!