Big Sur, California
This is a video I made last night from video clips that we took on our trip to Big Sur, California in April this year. Although I’m sure YouTube will probably take it down before anyone gets a chance...
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Wednesday – San Francisco & The Giants
So, we’ve booked a holiday to San Francisco. Yes, this is my third year running. Yes, it really is that good. I’m super excited about the flight this time too (which is weird because I hate flying) but...
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San Francisco part 1 – Virgin Clubhouse & Tartine Bakery
I’m back in San Francisco again! This is our third year in a row – we really do love it here! (Yes, this post is mainly about food) Had a fantastic first couple of days and if you follow me on Twitter...
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San Francisco part 2 – The Giants & baseball
On Saturday we went to see The Giants play baseball. This is kind of the whole reason we were in San Francisco. The original plan was to go to Tokyo but when I heard that The Giants were in town, we...
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San Francisco part 3 – The InterContinental Mark Hopkins hotel
Following a conversation with the InterContinental Mark Hopkins hotel on Twitter, their lovely PR lady, Erica, arranged a free night’s stay for us and two additional nights at a barganious rate....
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San Francisco part 4 – Alameda flea market & Alcatraz
The first Sunday we were in San Francisco was the first Sunday of May. By happy coincidence, that’s also the Sunday that the Alameda flea market is on. I first read about the Alameda flea market on...
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San Francisco Part 5 – Napa & Mount Tamalpais
Yes, I know it’s hard to believe that I’ve still got some blog posts left to write about my trip to San Francisco that was over a month ago now but I’m seriously behind! I went to see Coldplay last...
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San Francisco part 1
We arrived home from San Francisco on Tuesday and already it seems like a hundred years ago. This was our 4th time in the city and Huxley’s first ever holiday. He was absolutely perfect on the plane,...
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Yosemite National Park
On Sunday we left for Yosemite, but not before I got some surprises for my first Mother’s Day! Nick & Huxley had been out on a little adventure back to Bob’s Donuts the morning before and while...
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San Francisco part 2
When we returned to San Francisco after our trip to Yosemite, we were staying in an Airbnb apartment in Noe Valley. It’s our favourite part of the city but we’ve never stayed there before because all...
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Our first week in America!
To quote Adele, hello from the otherside! We’ve been here a week now and are nicely settled into our house in Sonoma so I thought I’d do a bit of an update as to what we got up to over the past week....
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Settling in Sonoma
So we’ve survived our first week in Sonoma! Huxley and I have been alone all day every day for an entire week and I haven’t cried yet (although I’ve come close!). I’m not going to lie and paint a...
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A day at Lake Tahoe
Our first weekend here was a Bank Holiday, President’s Day to be exact, which celebrates George Washington’s birthday, and we decided to spend our time visiting Lake Tahoe. It’s somewhere we’ve both...
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Life in California
Oh my goodness I am SO behind on all of this! To be honest, I haven’t been taking a lot of photos the past 2 weeks as it’s been raining for 12 days straight. Thankfully that’s over now and it’s back to...
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A day at Muir Woods National Monument
A few weeks ago we went to Muir Woods. Muir Woods is a national monument (which is slightly different to a national park but don’t ask me why!). It’s just outside San Francisco and is totally...
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A trip to Los Angeles
At the end of our stay in California we tagged on an extra 10 days as a holiday. I know it probably sounds like we were already on holiday but Nick had been working really hard and we definitely needed...
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A trip to San Diego
After spending a day or two in Los Angeles, the plan was to have a nice, easy drive down to San Diego and maybe stop in the shops at Disneyland and visit Huntington Beach again on the way. Turns out,...
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