There was once a time in my life where I booked a hotel solely based on price. I was a broke college student and all I wanted to do was travel the world. I figured there was no use in ...
A retro escape at Waikiki’s Laylow hotel
How having a baby has changed who I am as a traveler
Chris and I have officially been parents for eleven months. That’s right, we have had a tiny (and super cute) human under our care for nearly a year. And while our lives and priorities have drastically shifted, some things have ...
A weekend trip to L.A. with baby
We just returned back from our super quick weekend trip to Los Angeles. We needed a trip down south to escape the dreary Washington winter, but also mainly to spend time with our friend Carol (Girl Gone Travel) and her ...
Discovering our aloha on Oahu
It’s no secret that Chris and I are obsessed with Hawaii. Alohaphilia, is that a thing? If it is, you can diagnose us. We seem to somehow make it back to the islands at least twice a year. There’s even a ...
Getting the most out of our Iceland road trip
Iceland is a land of magic and lore. It’s a country where elves are consulted before breaking new ground and trolls are frozen in time. When describing it, Iceland sounds like a fictional land from a Tolkien novel. It’s an ...
Oahu’s Kaka’ako: a hipster’s paradise
I would like to think that I know the island of Oahu pretty well. It’s the island of my birth (even though we moved when I was still pretty young) and Chris and I tend to make it back at ...
Exploring Prague with baby in tow
Prague! After years of attempting to visit the Czech Republic, it finally happened. The Video Summit Leipzig was held only a few hours away from Prague and we figured that we might as well skip over while we had the ...
Tackling flying with an infant
We did it! We all survived our first trip with baby Holden. We jumped in with both feet as we decided that our very first flight with baby would be all the way to Germany for The Video Summit Leipzig. ...
As a Traveler and a Healthcare Pro
When it comes to being a full-time travel writer and new father, there are a lot of things I worry about. I worry about whether our son’s ears will equalize as we ascend and descend on a plane, or ...
Pretty Gritty Tours
We love Tacoma. True, we are full-time professional travel videographers and writers who spend a large majority of our time on the road, but we absolutely adore our town of Tacoma too. That’s why, when I came to Tawny with ...