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Meg

During the past year and a half, Tony and I have traveled consistently both domestically and internationally. We have stayed in hostels, we have stayed in hotels, and we have rented apartments. But on some occasions we have had the luxury of staying with close friends and family. Visiting friends, Jorge and Yani, in Santiago, […]

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I have a very important Breaking News story: We LOVE food. Okay, it’s not that little of a fact… it’s a HUGE fact. We love food so much that we sometimes let it dictate where we travel to.  Our adventures to France, Italy, and Thailand weren’t just influenced by the history and culture of these […]

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Juuuust kidding…. Sorry mom. Snuggling my nephew, Maddox, is the closest I will get to having a baby for a while! But being able to say this phrase would save me so much hassle… And I realized this last week when Tony and I grabbed a pre-dinner drink at a bar in Boston. Here is […]

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We try our best to travel modestly and be budget-conscious 90% of the time.  But we also are true believers in conscious spending.  In other words, we like to prioritize how we spend our money.  If we can save money where we can, then we can splurge on things that we place at a high […]

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Tony and I just completed our trip around the world and as we are reconnecting with friends and family from home, I keep getting asked the same question: “Did travel change you?” Relaxing in Gili Air Indonesia – Instagram: @LandingStanding In short: Nope! I am still the whacky girl that left on a jet plane […]

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Small towns: They can be a curse.  But more often than not, they are a BLESSING… especially when you’re new in town. My parents just moved to the island of Kauai, which is home to roughly 70,000 locals.  Even with this many people inhabiting the beautiful island, it still maintains a small-town feel.  Since the […]

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Dear Beloved Left Foot Havaiana, I purchased you (and your right foot twin) my Senior year in college.  You were cute, comfortable, and matched with everything I wore.  5 years later, you were still holding strong.  So in January, 2012, I packed you in my backpack to take you on a year-long journey around the […]

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A staycation (also spelled stay-cation, stacation, or staykation) is a neologism for a period in which an individual or family stays and relaxes at a hotel or motel close (~5 km) to their residence. ~Source: Wikipedia We have been living with my folks in their new home on the island of Kauai since the beginning […]

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