Napa 2026
Napa, Wine, and So Much Muir
In late January of 2026 Sarah, Darian, Ryan, and I took a trip up to Napa. Ryan was in town on business so we decided to make a weekend of it. We opted for a wine tour with Platypus Tours Read more
San Diego
Sarah’s 40th (shhhh)
For Sarah’s 40th birthday we popped down to San Diego for a few nights to get out of the heat and into charcuterie. We did some hiking and a lot of eating. I’m still doing the math on whether the Read more
Cabo 2025
Le Blanc – Cabo
Umbrella drinks without umbrellas and butlers for days. Cabo, a magical place were everyone speaks English and Sean kinda speaks Spanish.
Palm Desert
Wild Glow at the Zoo 2025
For a month each spring, The Living Desert gets taken over by thousands of glowing sculptures. It’s an event called Wild Glow and believe it or not, it changes every year. Each sculpture is made of what appears to be Read more
Ireland 2024
Galway & Sean’s Bar
Galway looked like every other town we’d been to, which again isn’t a dig I’m just at a loss for how describe yet another. We did happen upon the offices of famous game developer John Romero (DOOM, Wolfenstein, etc) which Read more
Ireland 2024
Cliffs of Moher
The place we stayed the night before, in Doolin, was unremarkable so I’m not going to bother wish photos. However they did have a map for guests to pin their homelands. I somehow managed to cram one into the already Read more
Ireland 2024
Bunratty Castle and Folk Park
This stop was a bit of an odd one. It was part historical site (the castle and some remaining structures) and part faux town of yesteryear. To their credit, it was sometimes hard to tell which parts were original structures Read more
Ireland 2024
Slea Head Drive
This drive, pronounced like “sleigh”, was similar to The Ring of Kerry which you’ll remember from Killarney a few posts back. The Ring of Kerry seems to get top billing on the Island but everyone with whom we spoke said Read more
Ireland 2024
Dingle
Dingle, once upon a time, was a small fishing village and while they do still bring in seafare their main industry these days is tourism. I’m not quite sure how to feel about that. We heard similar stories around the Read more
Ireland 2024
Pax Guest House
I don’t know if I can do justice to The Pax Guest House, but I’ll try. It’s owned and operated by a man named John, who by all accounts is doing what he was put on this earth to do. Read more