Places We’ve Been

Places We've Been

2022 Artocade Art Car parade in Trinidad, CO

After five long years, we finally made it back to see the Art Car Parade in Trinidad, CO! We saw all of our favorites from 2017 plus a couple new ones. The Art Car Museum moved to a new location in town. It’s a little smaller, but it’s less expensive for the museum. Our friends […]

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Atlanta Inuhele January 2022

I didn’t take many pictures while we were in Atlanta this time. I was way too busy having fun. This was our second year at this event. The first time was in 2020 at the very beginning of the pandemic. We got to see people we haven’t seen in two years this month. We were

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Kauai – 2021

Chris and I fell in love with Kauai the first time we stepped foot on the island. It’s called the Garden Island and for good reason. The island is green and lush and full of gorgeous plants and trees. It also gets the most rainfall out of all the Hawaiian Islands – which is good

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Maui 2021

The last time we visited Maui we remembered that there was a fantastic swap meet with lots of cool eating stalls and cool vendors with handmade crafts. Unfortunately, many of the vendors and stall were gone after the pandemic. The swap meet was a fraction of its size. We had lunch at The Mill House

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Oahu 2021

Our first return to Hawaii since the pandemic and our first real vacation in two years. It felt delicious to be off the mainland and dig our toes into the sand. We spent the first two days in and around Honolulu shopping, eating, and exploring parts of Chinatown. After leaving the city, we checked into

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Austin – 2021

It’s been over 15 years since Chris and I had been to Austin. We were invited to a Christmas Tiki party at a friend’s house and decided to make a big weekend out of it. Tiki Tatsu-ya had recently opened in Austin, so we had an opportunity to visit here too! Reservations open the previous

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Palm Springs Tiki Show

We went back to Palm Springs for a couple of weeks so that Lina could see her family before the heat set in. The Palm Springs Modernism Week happened to occur at the same time because of COVID, so Lina was able to do some shopping and we were able to go to our first

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Snowbirding in Palm Springs

My aunt and uncle from Canada love wintering in Palm Springs at the Happy Traveler R.V. Park , which is perfectly located less than a mile from the downtown core. They always have a great time, but spending months in a small 20-something foot trailer can wear you down. The trailer park has many snowbirds

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