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    • Weekend getaways
    • What to pack
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      • California
        • Los Angeles
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      • Hawaii
        • Maui
      • Atlanta
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  • Food

    Eatlanta: These are the best things to eat in Atlanta

    It’s no secret that Atlanta is home to some really amazing food. We live here for months at a time and eat at restaurants for almost every meal. So we found some great places to eat. But there were just certain bites that we kept coming back to — certain dishes that you can ONLY get in Atlanta. Here are our suggestions for the best things to eat in Atlanta. (And then I want to know about yours!)

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    Megan Finley Horowitz

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    How to use your stomach to help Puerto Rico

    October 13, 2017

    The perfect recipe for a weekend trip to the Santa Ynez Valley

    October 16, 2017

    From hotels to campsites: Where to stay in Anderson Valley

    April 24, 2018
  • Food

    The best avocado toast in LA (aka. “Our Deeply Important Avocado Toast Quest”)

    Like many Californians, we love us some avocados. And Mike and I are constantly on the hunt for the best avocado toast in LA. Or as we call it, “Our Deeply Important Avocado Toast Quest.” So far, here are our top picks for avocado toasts, the places that were “close but not the best.” Then we’d love to hear YOUR favorite places to get avocado toast in LA.

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    Heaven on Earth exists, and it’s called The Taste

    August 23, 2017

    #EatDrinkDesire: My birthday trip to London

    October 5, 2017

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

    October 4, 2017
  • Food,  Travel

    10 tips for getting the most out of your The Taste LA Times weekend pass

    For the past three years, Mike and I have attended The Taste LA Times Event — a weekend long food festival. This year we attended all four of the weekend events to collect the best bites of The Taste LA 2017. But patterns started to really emerge this year (that we suspected of being true last year) and we realized, we’ve got a bit of insight into how to get the most out of your weekend pass to The Taste LA…

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

    February 2, 2018

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

    November 6, 2018
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    Snow, swan boats and sulfur: Our quick trip to Hakone

    February 6, 2018
  • Food

    Heaven on Earth exists, and it’s called The Taste

    It was probably somewhere around hour two of our second night at last year’s The Taste LA Times event, when I realized “oh my god this exactly my version of heaven.” It was a perfect crisp Los Angeles evening under the glittering strands of lights that criss-cross the fake city streets of Paramounts‘ backlot…

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    The “bacano” bites and best restaurants of Bogota

    October 4, 2017

    Where to get some truly life-changing pancakes in LA

    June 4, 2018

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

    October 26, 2017
  • Food

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

    Recently, a friend texted me: I need a few good restaurants for a date in Los Angeles, for $50-$100 for two people, that also have a good vibe. And, though he just asked for just a few, I sent him all my top choices for best date restaurants Los Angeles have to offer that, if you order right, give you a lot of bang for your buck — culinarily, aesthetically, or experientially. (Warning: Most of these places are in the Hollywood area, because that’s where we’re based.) One more thing… the friend that texted me is extremely picky, so I catered a bit to his tastes. Which means that these…

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    September 13, 2017

    What to pack for Bogota with tips from someone who lives there

    October 4, 2017

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

    April 10, 2018
  • Food,  Life

    Our first interview!: The 5 best things about being a foodie

    Mike and I went on our friend Ken Napzok’s Life Ranked podcast to answer the question: What are the 5 best things about being a foodie? And here’s what we came up with…

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    Maui restaurants that’ll take you on a culinary vacation

    January 24, 2018

    These noise canceling headphones are perfect for travel

    October 5, 2017

    The perfect recipe for a weekend trip to the Santa Ynez Valley

    October 16, 2017
  • Food,  Pets

    Our favorite dog-friendly restaurants in LA

    We got a dog! That means we’re now constantly on the lookout for dog-friendly restaurants in Los Angeles. Fortunately we just happen to live in a hotbed of wonderful restaurants that allow dogs. Here are our favorite places to dine with our pup that aren’t just a squished collection of chairs and tiny tables, in direct sunlight, outside of the actual restaurant…

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

    March 26, 2018

    A quick list of the (lobbyist approved!) best restaurants in Sacramento

    November 28, 2017

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

    October 26, 2017
  • Food

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

    What happens when you buy a weekend pass to the LA Times’ The Taste food festival? You gorge yourself on some of the best things you’ve ever tasted from some of the best restaurants LA has to offer morning and night. We spent three dinner times, and two brunch times strolling through ALL the booths of 2016’s Taste of LA, and here’s our roundup of the very best bites…

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    August 13, 2017

    Our first “Married” Christmas in Cusco, Peru

    December 25, 2018

    The perfect recipe for a weekend trip to the Santa Ynez Valley

    October 16, 2017
  • Pets

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

    We’re taking a weekend trip to Sebastopol. And I’m not worried at all about leaving our cat, Diego (aka. The Woogs), alone without a sitter. That’s because I have a team full of robots to take care of him. Here are the products I use to keep my cat alive while I’m away…

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    A quick list of the (lobbyist approved!) best restaurants in Sacramento

    November 28, 2017

    How to make a Pisco Sour (according to Peruvians)

    December 29, 2017

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    June 4, 2018
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