I call myself a "typical American" in that I wouldn't have thought anything of an all-inclusive package to a beachfront resort. Thankfully Thy, my wife, likes to submerse herself more deeply in the local culture when traveling. I think we found the perfect compromise with the Airbnb that we rented...
Posts tagged: Places
Favorite Neighborhoods of Boston
We recently welcomed the April May for Smudge Ink line, featuring her colorful maps of our favorite zip codes, neighborhoods, and coastlines! Whether it’s somewhere you called home, currently live, visited and want to go back, places definitely make their mark on us. It’s not surprising that we have an unending...
I Get Around: Greenleaf Hut at Mount Lafayette
Last summer, we took our girls on their first overnight backpacking trip, and it turned out to be one of our fondest memories of 2015. Seeing how well that “big” hike went, we decided that we’d do another one this summer. This time we wanted to introduce the girls to...
For the Love of Printing: A Visit to East Parish Farm
Recently, we visited an old friend of Smudge Ink who invited my girls to his farm to meet and bottle-feed his recently acquired baby goats. They were adorable (the goats), and in addition to feeding them, my girls also got to meet two donkeys and a former competition horse named...
I Get Around: Colorado Part 3
So where was I? Ah, yes … off to Boulder-Longmont to visit my college friend, Chaz! I arrived to a home that just oozed Chaz: white painted walls, Danish modern furniture, menagerie of succulents, a tall and handsome curly-haired ginger (another Clayton!), and a backyard full of soaring wild flowers, hammocks,...