Author: Steph
-
US Road Trips to Add to Your Bucket List
•
I have read many lists of the best US Road Trips. Many include the coastal highways, Route 66, Colorado’s Mountains and the Mississippi River, but I wanted to share our favorite US Road Trips because they are a little different and a bit less travelled. I truly believe that the…
-
It’s Official
•
I’ve spent the last few weeks just waiting until one more thing was finalized before I shared a current life update. But that one thing would happen and I would think of another and another. Maybe I just couldn’t quite process that this adventure around the globe was definitely going…
-
Meat Substitutes – Our 10 Favorites
•
May is the perfect month to feature some of our favorite meat free options. There is currently a shortage of meat in the grocery stores with the pandemic happening. I shared a few of our favorite recipes here and wanted to dive into a couple options to help you turn…
-
Favorite Meatless Recipes
•
This April was our 8 year anniversary of the beginning of our meatless life. We do eat fish every once in a while so we are technically Pescatarians. It started out as a month long experiment to try and eat some new foods. Once we did more research and started…
-
How We Stay Active at Home
•
With all that is going on in the world right now, I’m sure that everyone is feeling as cooped up as we are. For the last year, we have been able to hike and explore every day. Our FitBits buzzed daily with our 10,000 step goal without any second thought.…
-
This Wasn’t the Plan
•
One year ago today, we had handed in the keys to our lovely little south Minneapolis bungalow and were ready to check into our flight. No more seemingly endless winters. Our phones were cleared of all work email accounts and we were officially jobless. This was a moment that we…
-
Bratislava, Slovakia: A Small Capital With Lots to Offer
•
Slovakia’s capital is a great place to spend a few days exploring. With a castle overlooking a beautiful old town with cobblestone streets and the Danube River, Bratislava has all the makings of European capitals. But even if with the usual fixtures, Bratislava definitely has its own flavor. Getting to…
-
Sanity During Isolation: 12 Ways We Stay Entertained
•
We are officially on Day 6 of self isolation/quarantine/distance/sheltering in place/safer at home – whatever the government officials are calling it these days. Eggs are the only staple food we are completely unable to find at the moment, but we have at least 8 rolls of TP so we are…
-
Social Distancing, Kindness and Staying Entertained
•
I’m writing this from the dining room table of a beautiful bungalow in San Diego. We are currently dog/house sitting for a wonderful couple that is vacationing in Central America for two weeks. Our plan for our time back in the United States was to use Trusted Housesitters to get…
-
New Orleans, LA: A Weekend Adventure
•
I know I’ve shared here before how much I love the city of New Orleans. My love letter to the city was posted just a few weeks ago. This is one of the places that I would recommend to anyone looking for a fun weekend trip in the US. The…