Tulum is a place that both Rich and I have had our eyes on for a while now. We usually opt for adventurous trips, but this around a time a relaxing beach trip was looking pretty appealing. Neither of us had been to Mexico before, and it seemed like it was about time to make it […]
West Coast Craft
Before we headed off to Mexico, the West Coast Craft show was happening in SF! I was so excited that we were around to go check it out, and finally see some of my favorite designers’ works in person. I actually got dizzy while we were there from turning my head too much looking at […]
The Joshua Tree House – Before Photos!
We moved into the Joshua Tree House two days ago, and we’ll be here for a few weeks turning this empty space into a cozy, quirky, and relaxing vacation rental. So far, we’ve taken a little bit of time on the front porch just enjoying this incredible house and all of its details. Everything from the […]
Big News! We bought a house in Joshua Tree!
As Rich mentioned in his Weekend Reads post, we bought a house!!! Here’s the fun and complicated part: it’s our second home, but we don’t own a first home. And, we’re going to be renting it on Airbnb! We first visited Joshua Tree, CA a year ago and fell absolutely in love with it. It’s […]
Why I’m Obsessed with Joshua Tree
I recently saw someone write that they often feel home-sick for the desert even though they’ve never lived there. This resonated with me. It’s such a great way to describe how I feel about the desert (and being away from it). Sometimes I wonder if maybe I’m drawn to it because it’s completely different from what I grew up […]
Salvation Mountain
I thought I’d take a break from posting SE Asia photos to share some inspiring art… This particular piece of art just so happens to be a place in the Colorado desert of California. Salvation Mountain is a place that I had wanted to visit for quite some time now, and we were able to make it a priority to stop […]
#combingamerica
You may have seen on instagram last month that Rich & I took a cross country road trip which we called #combingamerica. We started in San Francisco and drove the southern border of the U.S, and then up the east coast (our final destination being Brooklyn where we will be living for the next six […]
Explore: New Orleans
I’d been wanting to visit New Orleans for a long time, so we decided it was a must-stop for our cross country trip. This city has so much character and so many stories. We decided to stay for a few days so that we could soak it all in. We started our trip off with […]
Explore: Marfa, TX
Marfa is the coolest little town in Texas. We’d been wanting to visit for so long, and it was definitely worth the wait. We did make two mistakes though. Number one was staying in a tent when the temps reached 10 degrees at night. We hadn’t checked the weather and apparently Marfa is not always […]
White Sands National Monument
We’ve seen so many beautiful places on this road trip, but the one place that brought me to tears was White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. On the drive there, the landscape is grassy and flat. As soon as I start doubting this place is even there, sure enough bright white piles of sand […]