• no travel required

    no travel required

    Sold! That beach in Tallinn is reason enough. 7 Reasons to Visit Estonia Today Well, it’s probably not for us, but you guys should totally go for it: Beat The Summer Heat: How To Celebrate Nude Recreation Week, July 9-15 Necessary on a Monday, and REALLY necessary on a Monday post-vacation. Positive Thinking: 7 Easy Ways to Improve a Bad Day You know we’re suckers for a good market. Maltby Street Market, London Umm, this doesn’t even look real: The sunsets over the Duomo and the city of Florence | The Planet D xo! the romantic & the wino

  • admin stuff (zzz)

    annnnd we’re back!

    Oh yes we are, travelers. We are back in more ways than one. The wino is back from two glorious weeks down at the Jersey Shore, the romantic is back from her very last summer weekend to be spent in the city (woo hoo, weekend getaways from here on out!), and our site is very clearly back from being down annnd is now better than ever. We hope your weekends were full of ice cream and sunshine and air conditioning as needed, and we’ll be back to regularly scheduled programming ASAP. xo! the romantic & the wino P.S. If you…

  • contests & giveaways,  dingle,  transportation

    driving the dingle peninsula loop & other misadventures

    When an ocean suddenly separates you from your best friend, you don’t ask questions. You pick a week, book a flight, and meet up on the Emerald Isle for a vacation full of absurdity. Bonus points if that week includes one of your birthdays, an epic roadtrip around the Dingle Peninsula, AND St. Paddy’s Day. There’s no question that we experienced a lifetime’s worth of unexpected adventures (…and misadventures) during our self-planned road trip across Ireland and around the Slea Head Loop on the Dingle Peninsula. Should you plan your own trek across the homeland of our ancestors, we, as…

  • jetsetters

    jetsetters: @ednacz

    Happy almost-Independence-Day, fellow Americans! In celebration, this week’s Jetsetter is an expat living abroad in Paris. We swear we’re patriotic, it just happened! You can read about Edna’s adventures over on her blog, Expat Edna (aliteration is so convenient!), or on twitter @ednacz. We firmly recommend both. Warning: eat before you go anywhere NEAR her “5 Best Things I Ate In…” posts. Seriously. ALSO, be sure to wish her and her own hubs-to-be a big congrats on their recent engagement! Very sweet + absurdly adorable Parisian engagement photos here. You are welcome. Enjoy! Favorite Place: I’ve been to some amazing places, but…

  • new york,  weekend warriors

    welcome to new york // operation: explore astoria

    As you can tell from the title, our recent weekend excursion was real. It was serious. It was OPERATION: Explore Astoria. Let me back-up. I’m not exaggerating when I say that the hubs and I start e-mailing with B&K, our weekend partners in crime, in early March to try and figure out when and where we’re spending the lazy days of summer. So, somehow, we were completely surprised and confused when all four of us realized a huge oversight! We were going to be in the city this weekend with nothing on the schedule. How did this travesty happen?! Luckily,…