Planning Our 2023 Vacation
Holly and I made plans to head back to Carmel-by-the-Sea which has become a place of great comfort for us. This will be our 4th trip there having visited first in 2018. We had gone out to California for a … Continued
Long Birthday Weekend 2023
In my February 2023 Update, I mentioned a couple of things Holly and I did related (at least tangentially) to my birthday at the end of the month. We also took off the first Friday of March for a long … Continued
December 2022 Update
This December, as usually is the case, was really enjoyable for me and Holly. Although I dislike how little daylight there is, we have significant time off from work and always look forward to Christmas. In addition to the time … Continued
November 2022 Update
November was a fairly busy month. On two different occasions, friends from out of town came to Philadelphia. Holly and I had a nice Thanksgiving and tried a new brewery with my brother the next day. If felt like a … Continued
Highlights from Staycation 2022
As always, we really enjoyed our Staycation this year. Over the years, I’ve vacillated between posting about it here and posting about it on our underutilized food and travel site, Simplegoodness.us. Since moving to Philadelphia in 2011, we’ve taken a … Continued
Setting Up My Traveler’s Notebook for Staycation
I’ve had my Traveler’s Notebook for a little over a year now. I have mostly used it as literally a traveler’s notebook, taking it with me on a couple trips. Other than that, I used a calendar insert as a … Continued
2022 California Vacation Part 3
Day Ten: Carmel After another couple of days with long walks, we decided to just stay in Carmel the next day. We went back to Carmel Belle for breakfast. This time, Holly got the avocado toast, and I got the … Continued
2022 California Vacation Part 2
Day Seven: Relaxing in Carmel After walking and hiking a lot the previous 2 days, we decided to take things easy the next day. We had a nice breakfast at Village Corner, which we’ve been to on both our previous … Continued
2022 California Vacation Part 1
Day Four: Flight to Monterey and Carmel-by-the-Sea Our flight from Phoenix to Monterey was our only flight that left on the early side. And by “early,” I mean 10:00 am. We were lucky that we were able to arrange our … Continued
The Arizona Part of Our Vacation
As I mentioned in a previous post, Holly and I made our first vacation plans in 3 years. Obviously, the pandemic was the big reason why we haven’t traveled much in that span. We made out plans at the end … Continued