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london daytrips // the harry potter tour at warner bros. studios
– this post, “london daytrips // the harry potter tour at warner bros. studios” is in partnership with BoxLunch, and contains affiliate links. this means that if you decide to buy any of the below items, we may receive a small commission – As 2019 comes to a close, we’re still looking back at our 2018 travels, and whoops! We skipped something! About a month before Henry arrived, Carolyn jetted over to London for a long weekend. On the schedule was our usual: eating, relaxing, and adventuring with lazy baby numero uno (and her parents). One not-so-standard addition? The Harry…
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the lazy girls’ guide to @RueBaRue
As we get older — and, we’d like to think, wiser — we’ve learned to prioritize when it comes to travel-planning. Then, an app like @RueBaRue comes along and changes our minds. Previously, our planning went a bit like this. Once we settle on a destination, we spend our pre-trip time wisely. We find the perfect hotel (or villa or chalet or château, we’re not picky). We pick out a dream destination-specific wardrobe that we probably can’t afford. And then, we figure out what and where to eat and drink our days away. Us in Paris, not climbing the steps…
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foodie break // the lazy girl’s guide to london eats
SO, now that I’ve told you all my fave London eats around Notting Hill (so far), I figure it’s only fair that I widen the search a little bit. As expected, we’ve stayed in our little neighborhood bubble quite a bit over the past year and a half. But there’s obviously tons more to see — and eat! — around this fine city. Clearly, this is by no means a comprehensive list. This is basically just a random assortment of London eats and places we’ve liked. These are also places that, if you’re exploring central London, are never too far…
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expat life // an american pregnancy in london
While I’ve shared plenty about my travel experiences while pregnant, I haven’t written too much about my actual pregnancy. Mainly because, well, this is a travel blog, and pregnancy isn’t particularly travel-related. My experiences with pregnancy in London, however, has been greatly influenced by my life as an American expat. Pregnancy, especially for first-timers, is already a learning experience. Doing it in a new country — with different resources and without the same support network you’d have at home — adds a whole new layer of “WTF am I DOING?” SO, with fellow Americans in mind, I thought maybe a…
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foodie break // 2016’s best restaurants in notting hill
Next month, Jeff and I will mark a year and a half of living in London. This by no means makes us an expert in, well, anything, but we have spent a fair amount of our time here eating. And eating and eating. In fact, we’ve spent the last 18 months on a tear through basically all of the restaurants in Notting Hill. An important fact: pregnancy kept me from drinking for about 50% of our UK expat life. This means that trying new restaurants, especially for brunch and lunch, has become one of our favorite weekend date activities. Our…
