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  • Travel
    • Weekend getaways
    • What to pack
    • Locations
      • California
        • Los Angeles
        • Southern Cali
        • Northern Cali
        • Central Cali
      • Hawaii
        • Maui
      • Atlanta
      • East Coast
      • South America
        • Colombia
        • Peru
      • UK
        • England
        • Scotland
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        • Morocco
        • Tanzania
  • Food
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    • Food Festivals
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    • Pets
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  • Home
  • About
  • Travel
    • Weekend getaways
    • What to pack
    • Locations
      • California
        • Los Angeles
        • Southern Cali
        • Northern Cali
        • Central Cali
      • Hawaii
        • Maui
      • Atlanta
      • East Coast
      • South America
        • Colombia
        • Peru
      • UK
        • England
        • Scotland
      • Africa
        • Morocco
        • Tanzania
  • Food
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  • Everything Else
    • Pets
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  • Pets,  Travel

    Poolside pups & pastelitos: Our extremely pet-friendly trip to Miami Beach

    We just got back from a weekend away in Miami. It was MY first trip to Florida, and Mike’s millionth… approximately. (He used to work on a show called Burn Notice that filmed in Miami.) But the difference for Mike this time was that he had his dog in tow! Actually it wasn’t just OUR pooch, our friend and The Gifted castmate Skyler Samuels brought her dog Matey along too! If you’re looking for a pet-friendly trip to Miami, you’re going to have to stay at The Standard Miami Beach. This place just set the tone for the perfect getaway with your pooch…

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    Megan Finley Horowitz

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    The Dash and Dine’s guide to the best restaurants in Cusco, Peru

    January 4, 2018

    Secretly amazing wine, famous local beers, and hugging giant trees: Things to do in Anderson Valley

    March 20, 2018

    How becoming a parent is like going on safari…

    October 3, 2018
  • Life

    How becoming a parent is like going on safari…

    I’m pregnant! Which means that Mike and I are adding a third person to our future travel and restaurant reservations. This is both exciting and scary as hell for me. I never expected to have a baby, so the idea of becoming a parent is quite daunting. I’ve spent a lot of time freaking out about how our truly wonderful life is about to drastically change. And, at least for a while, become a lot less wonderful. During conversation number eleventy-one about my having a baby panic, Mike (who seriously, has been so wonderfully patient with me) said the one thing that was able to finally calm my existential parenting…

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    Megan Finley Horowitz

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    Watch this backwards and upside-down spin on Thai rolled ice cream

    November 3, 2017

    The best date restaurants Los Angeles has to offer (that even picky eaters will love)

    August 13, 2017

    The awesome hotels and best restaurants in Cartagena (that we discovered by accident)

    October 6, 2017
  • Food

    8 places to have an exceptional AF brunch in Atlanta

    Brunch is A THING in Atlanta, y’all. Like, we think it’s awesome in LA, and we definitely devote entire daylight hours to it. But brunch in Atlanta is a whole different experience… It’s starts later, people dress up for it, and have full-on debates about where to get the best brunch in Atlanta. According to our research (three+ months of eating at almost all these restaurants every damn day) these are the places we highly recommend as the best brunch in Atlanta…

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    Megan Finley Horowitz

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    All the Tanzania safari tips we wish we knew before we left

    April 10, 2018

    #EatDrinkDesire part 2: In which we bring non-erotic softcore porn to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival

    October 7, 2017

    Bites, bears, and Badmaash-ups: The Best of The Taste 2016

    October 11, 2016
  • Food

    Where to get some truly life-changing pancakes in LA

    You know that I’m all about waffles. But sometimes I get a massive craving for pancakes. But not just any pancakes — life-changing pancakes. Pancakes that you can’t get anywhere else but at certain restaurants. So here’s where I go when I wake up with a craving for pancakes in LA…

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    Megan Finley Horowitz

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    The awesome hotels and best restaurants in Cartagena (that we discovered by accident)

    October 6, 2017

    The best date restaurants Los Angeles has to offer (that even picky eaters will love)

    August 13, 2017

    Hitch a ride on a Vancouver seaplane for a magical vehicular tourist activity

    May 2, 2018
  • Travel

    Hitch a ride on a Vancouver seaplane for a magical vehicular tourist activity

    We not only used our time in Vancouver seek out all the best restaurants, but we also accomplish one of my lifetime goals: TO RIDE ON A FREAKING SEAPLANE! I have long believed — since growing up watching Baloo von Bruinwald XIII pilot the Sea Duck in Talespin — that seaplanes are the most kick-ass of vehicles. They are magical. They are amazing. They are boats that become planes and then planes that become boats, and sometimes they can even ski!? My mind boggles. Mike discovered my love of seaplanes when I forced us to stop, mid-bike ride around Stanley Park, to endlessly watch the Vancouver seaplanes become boats and…

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    Megan Finley Horowitz

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    The Dash and Dine: How I took off with an idea and landed with a plan

    October 4, 2017

    13 Maui restaurants that’ll take you on a culinary vacation

    January 24, 2018

    The awesome hotels and best restaurants in Cartagena (that we discovered by accident)

    October 6, 2017
  • Travel

    From hotels to campsites: Where to stay in Anderson Valley

    So you’ve read our post about how amazing Anderson Valley is, and you’ve decided that a weekend getaway to Anderson Valley sounds like the perfect trip. Congrats, you make good choices. But where should you stay? From the fanciest hotel in Philo, to the budget option in Cloverdale, and even camping and the best places to stay for groups… we’ve rounded up where to stay in Anderson Valley for your perfect wine tasting trip! Boonville hotels: The Boonville Hotel The Boonville Hotel is smack dab in the middle of charming Boonville. Conveniently, it’s walking distance to many awesome wineries and eateries. And it also houses one of the best restaurants…

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    Megan Finley Horowitz

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    #Morocstars: Tips for managing your “traveling women in Morocco” anxiety

    November 6, 2017

    3 unbelievable luxury safari lodges in Tanzania

    April 2, 2018

    Hitch a ride on a Vancouver seaplane for a magical vehicular tourist activity

    May 2, 2018
  • Food

    20+ fantastic Vancouver restaurants to satisfy every craving

    We spent a lot of time in Vancouver when Mike was producing a TV show. Every night and every weekend (when he wasn’t working) we’d scour the city for the best places to eat in Vancouver, and found a little over twenty places we loved. Here’s our list of our favorite Vancouver restaurants (in a vague order of preference)…

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    Megan Finley Horowitz

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    Bread, books & bombolone: The best food gifts Los Angeles has to offer

    October 31, 2017

    My answer to the question: “What should I do in Maui?”

    September 27, 2017

    Where to get some truly life-changing pancakes in LA

    June 4, 2018
  • Travel

    3 unbelievable luxury safari lodges in Tanzania

    If you’re looking for some amazing places to stay on your luxury safari, we’ve rounded up our favorites from our honeymoon in Tanzania. Some of these luxury safari lodges are places where you’ll definitely splurge, and some were sneaky deals. Here are our recommendations for mind-blowing luxury safari lodges in Tanzania…

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    Megan Finley Horowitz

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    Take the guess work out of where to eat with our epic Atlanta restaurants list

    December 4, 2017

    These are the best breakfast burritos in LA

    August 16, 2021

    Eatlanta: These are the best things to eat in Atlanta

    September 13, 2017
  • Food

    Wifi while you eat: Our favorite restaurants with wifi in LA

    We’re both writers, so we spend most of our days eating and typing, and sometimes doing both at the same time. This means we are in need of great cafes and restaurants with wifi in LA. Our needs are this: comfortable seating, free wifi, not so busy that we feel guilty for camping out at a table for a couple of hours, bonus points for access to outlets. If your needs are similar, this is our list of the best LA restaurants with wifi…

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    Megan Finley Horowitz

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    #Morocstars: Tips for managing your “traveling women in Morocco” anxiety

    November 6, 2017

    Leaving a cat alone isn’t scary because of my team of robots

    June 19, 2016

    How I completed my Machu Picchu packing list almost entirely from one site

    February 2, 2018
  • Food,  Travel

    Secretly amazing wine, famous local beers, and hugging giant trees: Things to do in Anderson Valley

    Northern California’s Anderson Valley is a very special place for us — it’s where Mike’s ancestral home is, it’s where we got married, and it’s where we go when we have time for a weekend getaway. As we’re prepping for an upcoming visit, we thought we’d share our best Anderson Valley travel tips. Because who doesn’t love awesome wines that’ll give you some major sommelier cred, popular local beers, and staggeringly giant trees!? You may not have thought you’d ever visit this part of Northern California — it’s kept a bit of a secret for a reason — but you’re about to learn that there’s lots of stuff to do…

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    Megan Finley Horowitz

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    Bread, books & bombolone: The best food gifts Los Angeles has to offer

    October 31, 2017

    Take a day trip to the Elephant Nature Park in Chang Mai

    November 10, 2018

    “Happy Hallowsemite!” Our last-minute weekend trip to Yosemite in October

    October 26, 2017
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