A few weeks ago when my in-laws were here we all took a trip to SFMOMA, the much-talked about modern art museum in San Francisco. It re-opened in May after being closed for renovations for the last three years. And it seriously lived up to the talk. The redesign is pretty amazing and so are the exhibits. Oh, and don’t even get me started on the gift shop. Honestly, the very best I’ve seen.
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I promise this is my last post about our vacation to Southern California! One of the day trips we made was to Joshua Tree. I’ve wanted to go basically since we moved out here. The picture always made it look pretty incredible. And man, was it beautiful!
Read moreSouthern California: San Diego and La Jolla
As I mentioned in my last post, on our vacation with Xan’s family we stayed in Temecula, but took a couple day trips to other places. One of them was San Diego and La Jolla. I really enjoyed them both! We’d made reservations for a sea kayaking and snorkeling tour in La Jolla. But, that was in the afternoon so we had a few hours to kill. We decided to get a small taste of San Diego by visiting Balboa park and doing a guided ranger tour. The tour was only okay, the park itself, however, was so cool! It’s 1,400 square miles (larger than Central Park), has 17 different museums in it, and has tons of recreation space. It’s in this beautiful Mediterranean style with gorgeous plants and buildings all around. And, most of the museums look really interesting. I could definitely could have spent days there.
Read moreSouthern California: Temecula
As you know, Xan and I were on vacation last week with his family. We went to Temecula, California for the wedding of a close family friend and then stayed for vacation. We rented a house in the area which served as our home base and then did some traveling, lots of relaxing, and spending time together from there.
Read morePacking in a carry on
As you might have seen, Xan and I spent the last week in Southern California with his parents, his brother, and his brother’s girlfriend. We’ve had a great time and I’ll be posting more about the trip in the next few weeks. But, today I’m going to talk about packing in a carry on.
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