Dear Portland, How on Earth did you get so lucky? Sure you’re charming, liberal, friendly and cool (sounds like the man/woman of all of our dreams, amiright?) and as if that wasn’t enough, your close proximity to an endless bounty of nature…
D.C. Dining Guide — Winter 2017
Food is Essential to Life. Therefore, Make it Good. — S. Truett Cathy We ate. We drank. We ate and drank some more. And we sure did make it good. Below are some of our D.C. favorites over the past several…
Los Cabos Travel Guide
First thing’s first: this third grade teacher is going to give you all a bit of a geography lesson (mostly because I didn’t really know anything about this region, so there’s a chance that some of you may not either).…
Our Favorite Travel Experiences of 2016
In terms of travel, 2016 was pretty epic. If you count the United Sates, we traveled throughout six wondrous countries, each remarkable and diverse in their own right. 2016 was also the year that I launched this travel blog, so Happy (almost)…
The Great Wall of China
The fourth and final installment of our “Favorite Man-Made Wonders of the World” series. The number four is one of meaning in the Hill household, and to be quite frank, one that conjures up feelings of angst, defeat, and utter…
Taj Mahal: Bound By Love and Symmetry
You know you’re in excellent company when a place so incredible, so stunning, so elegant like the Taj Mahal is ranked third on our favorite man-made wonders of the world list. It’s true, both Machu Picchu and the Pyramids of Giza hold a…
The Pyramids of Giza
Welcome to volume two of my four-part series of our favorite man-made wonders of the world. While Machu Picchu was our clear favorite, choosing our number two on this list was not quite as easy. The Great Pyramid of Giza or the Taj…
Machu Picchu: Mysterious and Magnificent
This post is the first of a four-post series of (you guessed it) four incredible man-made wonders that we’ve been fortunate enough to visit. While lists of world wonders are obviously subjective and sometimes change, these four incredible sites have…
Falling in Love with D.C.’s Dining Scene: November 2016
Taking Flight: Cider Flights at D.C.’s First and Only Cidery: ANXO Welcome to D.C., Michelin. It’s so nice to have you. It’s no secret that T and I are obsessed with food. So obsessed that I can’t even begin…
36 Hours in Shenandoah Valley Wine Country
First things first: This post is not about Charlottesville. Now make no mistake: I love Charlottesville. It’s one of Virginia’s Wine Country’s prides and joys, and for very good reason. But while Charlottesville is absolutely charming and equally rich in culture, art,…