I love to start the new year with a good hike. And after, a great dinner. This fancy-pants meal is one of the greatest things to come out of your crock pot, and makes a wonderful post-hike celebratory dish to come home to. Ossobucco (translated to hollow bone) is...

Whew, it’s been a year. And not the holiday season any of us anticipated. Instead of the usual fanfare and events to look forward to (Trolley party! Ugly Sweater party! Family dinners! The infamous punch bowl at the office holiday party!), it was more like a regular work week...

Having grown up in the restaurant business and having a true affection for chefs and workers in the restaurant industry, the pandemic has been tough. We spend a lot of time reminiscing about favorite meals out. Las Vegas was the last place we visited before the pandemic shut the...

It isn’t “travel” for us if we aren’t hiking somewhere. Here are the hikes we have tackled on Maui thus far – we are always looking for where to trek next! ‘Iao Valley State Monument Home to Kuka’emoku, the 1200′ “needle” created from erosion that is one of the icons of...

In the throes of the pandemic, the struggle for normalcy was real. Without the usual agenda of yoga class, evening meetings, social gatherings and occasional dinners out, being at home 24-7 required creating new rituals for maintaining sanity. After the first few initial weeks filled with doomscrolling and researching...

“No Wasted Meals” is one of our travel mottos. So yes, of course we plan meals when we plan our itinerary! For one, popular places book up weeks, even months in advance these days. There is also nothing worse than being tired and hangry at the end of the...

For those with a sense of adventure – and willingness to bear the brunt of a long red-eye, there are some absolutely gorgeous budget-friendly beaches in the world.  Hawaii is not one of them.  Nevertheless, Americans are obsessed with Hawaii. It is on every American’s bucket list. Hawaii has...

Growing up, my parents hated the stress of arriving to a destination only to discover underwear or other essentials had been left at home…and it is always the underwear that gets left, isn’t it? And underwear can be tricky to find. In an attempt to solve this recurrent problem,...

Did you bring a hearty appetite for travel? I hope so! I started this blog in 2020 during the pandemic, as a much needed outlet since our 2020 travel plans – not to mention everything else – were derailed. I also started it for probably the most traditional reason...