Living in California Wine Country as we do, we’re literally surrounded by wine.  Sonoma County is home to literally hundreds of wineries, from a small family-run winery like Mounts to much larger vineyards like Korbel.  We love being able to go wine tasting any day we want, and indulg

So, we’ve been planning.  For hours.  Days.  Weeks, actually.  It seems ridiculous.  We can’t remember it ever being this hard to figure out our route before.  After FIFTY-FOUR countries, you’d think we’d have this down…but apparently not.  For some reaso

Sonoma County – real Wine Country So I have some tough choices to make.  I have a high school friend coming to visit this weekend.  She’s in need of some R&R and her husband’s packing her off to Wine Country for the weekend.  Now, they’ve been here before.

Ready to taste some wine with our kids safely playing in our UPPAbaby Vista. For Father’s Day we went wine tasting (and why not when you live in Wine Country, surrounded by more than 200 wineries?)  We’ve spent a lot of time exploring other areas of Sonoma County like Dry

Olives for Sale at the Market in Iraklion We recently moved into a new home.  The house is pretty new and most of the work we’ve been doing is cosmetic.  The backyard, however, was another story.  Picture the Sleeping Beauty forest.  Without the castle, the princess or the princ

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden We LOVE roses.  (Ok, Wendy does).  So, when we found out that San Jose had a public rose garden, we got very excited and couldn’t believe we were just finding out about it.  We had visions of a leisurely stroll through hundreds of blooming bushes, b

The UPPAbaby Vista Parent Organizer fits a thermos water bottle and the middle pocket is the perfect size for an iPhone. We’ve had an UPPAbaby Vista since our daughter was born three years ago and continue to love it.  You can read our reviews: Updated! Traveling with the UPPAba

Casa Loma We recently went to see family and friends in Toronto (which is Wendy’s home town).  We have two little kids, one of whom is a three-year-old little girl, so a visit to a castle seemed a natural choice.  The castle is actually really quite modern, having been completed

Recently we were back “home” in Toronto, visiting family.  We’d all gotten sick, and spent several days in bed.  When we finally made it out to actually do something, we visited Casa Loma much to our young daughter’s excitement.  Not many 3-year-old girls wouldn’t be excited to see a