The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
With family in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, we often find ourselves adventuring in this area of the country. Here are some of the sights, sounds, and flavors we have uncovered during some of our excursions …
On a frigid January day off, we decided to spend the day in Philadelphia, Penn., to knock some more museums and historical sites off of our list. This sculpture of Benjamin Franklin went from “cool” …
An important part of travel is trying the local delicacies. Without further ado, I present the items we tracked down in Montreal. Crêpes are a traditionally French food, so Montreal – the only spot in …
Note: Though we greatly enjoyed it, there are no photos of this particular meal on Facebook, Instagram, or in this post. Read on and you’ll learn why! Doug and I had a fascinating dinner at …
Doug and I have loved doing food tours in new places ever since the first fabulous one we did together in Hawaii. Not only do you get to try a nice variety of local food …
It’s not every day you come across a tea “garden,” so we drove about 20 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, to Wadmalaw Island so we could explore the Charleston Tea Garden. They are the …
The Wormsloe Historic Site sits on the outer edges of Savannah. It was once the Wormsloe Plantation, the estate of one of Georgia’s founders, Noble Jones (c. 1700-1775). Though the site indicates there are the ruins …
Behold our most expensive day of fun. For one day we spent nearly 30% of the previous six months’ of adventuring before we even walked in the door of Universal Studios. Doug and I both …
When we mentioned we were going to Gainesville, Florida, we were met with “Why are you going there?” But it turns out that our friends are Florida State University alumni who considered the city to …
Once we hit The South, we had been repeatedly told “Omigosh, you HAVE to go to Buc-ee’s for the brisket!” So even though Buc-ee’s was founded in Texas, which is where we would normally go …
