I was so excited about doing an MG restoration — on my dad’s old 1967 MGB roadster! How excited? Think clouds parting and angels descending… singing hallelujah at the top of their oh, so heavenly lungs… throw in a booming orchestra for a little added umph… That’s how frikkin’ excited I was about finally getting…
Conquering Big Hikes with Baby: My Pick for the Best Baby Hiking Carrier (and Where We’ve Used It)
This article may contain compensated links. Read my disclaimer for more info. It may be hard to tell judging by the baby-free content on my blog, but I’m a mom. A mom whose baby travels with her. So, I guess I’m gonna need to start writing about some of my travels with baby (a.k.a. Jack!)…
Stalking Hollywood Celebrities: When Your Town Becomes a Big Little Lies Filming Location
As aloof and “who cares” as I try to be about people’s lame celebrity sightings (you know the kind… always posting to various social accounts about who they just happened to run into)… when I found out HBO’s Big Little Lies was filming in town – in my neighborhood, no less! – I was the…
Celebrating Tsagaan Sar in the USA… Lunar New Year, Mongolia Style!
Tsagaan Sar. It’d be cool to say that we spent this Mongolian holiday actually in Mongolia, but that wasn’t in the cards, so… we got the next best thing (truth be told, maybe even better). Our friends invited us over for their Mongolian Lunar New Year celebration! And lemme tell ya, Mongols don’t mess around…
2 Parks, 3 Days, 5 Critters: Wildlife Encounters in Mount Rushmore and Badlands National Park
Coincidentally, I’ve had several conversations about South Dakota in just the last couple days. Both the Badlands and Mount Rushmore have come up in conversations with different friends, so, of course, I took the opportunity to brag about the kick-ass, up-close-and-personal wildlife encounters I had at both! And since today is the UN’s 5th annual…