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Travel & Food – New Orleans (Part 1)
We arrived in New Orleans at about midday today. It’s only 3pm now but I’m pretty much done for the day, I’m so exhausted! So while in the back of my mind, I’m panicking that I’m wasting the day, I’m...
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Travel & Food – New Orleans (Part 2)
On Friday morning we woke up and went for a wander around the French Quarter as our hotel was only a block away and we were on a beignet hunt. We were headed for Cafe du Monde. Beignets are basically...
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Travel & Food – Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe in Juliette,...
After spending the night in Montgomery, Alabama, today we drove to Macon, Georgia with a two stops on the way (and a new time zone!). Georgia is completely gorgeous. Sorry for the weird colour, the...
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Travel & Food – Macon & Savannah, Georgia
We only had a fleeting visit in both Macon and Savannah. After our trip to the Whistle Stop Cafe, we carried on to Macon (pronounced like bacon), which is where our hotel was for the night. I have to...
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Travel & Food – Charleston, South Carolina
I honestly can’t believe I’ve never heard anyone mention Charleston before! It’s absolutely beautiful and definitely an under-rated and under-visited place. I would strongly recommend it to anyone....
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Travel & Food – Lexington & Raleigh, North Carolina
Yesterday we drove to Lexington in North Carolina, but not before stopping in Hemingway, South Carolina to visit Scott’s BBQ. We ordered a pulled pork sandwich but personally I wasn’t a fan as it was a...
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Travel & Food – New York (Part 2)
If you missed part 1, where I describe our experience of Hurricane Sandy, you can read it here. The morning after the hurricane hit, we went for a quick wander to assess the damage. We didn’t stay out...
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San Francisco part 1
We arrived home from San Francisco on Tuesday and already it seems like a hundred years ago. This was our 4th time in the city and Huxley’s first ever holiday. He was absolutely perfect on the plane,...
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Yosemite National Park
On Sunday we left for Yosemite, but not before I got some surprises for my first Mother’s Day! Nick & Huxley had been out on a little adventure back to Bob’s Donuts the morning before and while...
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San Francisco part 2
When we returned to San Francisco after our trip to Yosemite, we were staying in an Airbnb apartment in Noe Valley. It’s our favourite part of the city but we’ve never stayed there before because all...
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Settling in Sonoma
So we’ve survived our first week in Sonoma! Huxley and I have been alone all day every day for an entire week and I haven’t cried yet (although I’ve come close!). I’m not going to lie and paint a...
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A day at Lake Tahoe
Our first weekend here was a Bank Holiday, President’s Day to be exact, which celebrates George Washington’s birthday, and we decided to spend our time visiting Lake Tahoe. It’s somewhere we’ve both...
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Life in California
Oh my goodness I am SO behind on all of this! To be honest, I haven’t been taking a lot of photos the past 2 weeks as it’s been raining for 12 days straight. Thankfully that’s over now and it’s back to...
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A day at Muir Woods National Monument
A few weeks ago we went to Muir Woods. Muir Woods is a national monument (which is slightly different to a national park but don’t ask me why!). It’s just outside San Francisco and is totally...
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A trip to Los Angeles
At the end of our stay in California we tagged on an extra 10 days as a holiday. I know it probably sounds like we were already on holiday but Nick had been working really hard and we definitely needed...
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A trip to San Diego
After spending a day or two in Los Angeles, the plan was to have a nice, easy drive down to San Diego and maybe stop in the shops at Disneyland and visit Huntington Beach again on the way. Turns out,...
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