The End of February Summer
It was a cooler morning than we have experienced so far with temperatures just over 60. The sky was also fully overcast so we had our breakfast inside a cafe in downtown Santa Barbara, but if we were tougher, we could have sat outside. No need to attract attention to…
Santa Barbarians
It was supposed to be a completely overcast day per the forecast. It was, however, sunny as we headed out for breakfast. Nicole picked out a place in Montecito called Bree’osh. They had various pastries and treats. We each had a tea. I also had a scone which I found…
Channel Islands Day Trip
We set the alarm for 6am and each had a muffin that we had previously purchased at Ralph’s. Nicole suggested this because the Hampton Inn’s breakfast buffet was predictably sad looking and unappetizing for people about to get on a boat on the open ocean. We checked in with Island…
A Week Away from Airplanes
We find our heroes on their first adventure of 2026. With a week off before Nicole has her next school commitment, we had our eyes on a few different places, but everything is really cold this year. Ultimately we ended up settling on a more local trip up the central…
Hoops
My overpriced credit card comes with various perks that I wouldn’t otherwise use, but one of these was StubHub credit of $300 per year. Nicole is a big fan of the Golden State Warriors basketball team and has been throughout most of the time she has resided in Los Angeles.…
Houstonia
After much ado about getting to Houston, it was time to chill a little bit. Unfortunately for the still thawing bodies of Bricole, temps that had just been in the 70s or even 80s had plummeted to low 40s by the time we arrived in Houston. Our bloodied noses and…
Winter Weather Weasels
The winter holiday season has never been conducive to Bricole (everyone’s favorite celebrity couple) getting to where they want to be. The unfortunate thing about the holidays is that a large swath of the population insists on traveling during them. As for Bricole getting from Los Angeles to Newark, this…
Some Last Minute Stress
When I went to bed last night, there were still a handful of seats on the float plane bound for Seattle that I had listed us on. I called in the morning to follow up, when Julie from Kenmore Air dropped a rather unsavory piece of information. She only saw…
Going Outdoors on an Indoor Day
It was very crowded and noisy in the breakfast area of the Inn. We both had waffles amongst the din of clanking silverware and elder folk talking about their plans for the day. At this moment, it wasn’t raining, but the weather radar on my iPad app indicated it wouldn’t…
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passports & pepto bismol 