While I had a blast at Snowcial in Tahoe last month, I’m still dreaming of days spent tearing down the slopes as my time on skis was limited this past trip. We hoped to hit up Park City this winter—a ski fantasy that will be shelved until next season what with our relocation, SVV’s new [...]
Girls Gone Napa
August 8, 2011 By 61 Comments
I love friends who are reliable. I don’t have a whole lot of time set aside in my somewhat insane schedule for fickleness, so when Abby, Diana and I were emailing back and forth in June, and one of them was all, “hey we should continue this over wine!” and the other was all, “sounds [...]
Photo Friday: San Francisco, California
July 29, 2011 By 70 Comments
Today is our last official day in San Francisco. It’s more bittersweet than I thought, but truth be told, I’m absolutely stoked to start the next chapter in our lives back in the South. But there are things I’m definitely going to miss… I’ll miss that hour just before sunset when the city looks ablaze. [...]
Photo Friday: Truckee, California
March 18, 2011 By 18 Comments
Prior to our visit to the Cedar House Sport Hotel in January, I had only ever driven through Truckee before—and in summer, at that. In winter, it is a much bleaker picture entirely, though still beautiful nonetheless. While there, SVV had one of his weekly crippling migraines, which meant he was resigned to a day [...]
How to Afford a Ski Addiction
March 17, 2011 By 28 Comments
As we were leaving for our last trip to Tahoe, I ran into a friend as I was balancing my rental skis on my head. “You’re going to Tahoe again?” she sighed. “You’re so lucky. I would love to go to Tahoe. I’ve lived in California much of my life and have never gotten the [...]
Heavenly vs. Northstar: A Smackdown
March 14, 2011 By 22 Comments
We were supposed to be up at Tahoe for the next few days making use of our season passes one more time before winter officially ends in California, but alas, that day may already have come; warm 50-degree weather paired with drizzle do not great ski conditions make (or so the weather forecast said…apparently, they [...]
Photo Friday: Los Angeles, California
January 28, 2011 By 37 Comments
I’ve never been that big a fan of art museums. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not saying you shouldn’t go to them, but when I travel, I like to be out and about exploring a place by foot or from high up in the air or even from beneath the surface, not indoors. In fact, [...]
Parachuting at Heavenly
January 25, 2011 By 29 Comments
Hello everyone, SVV here, reporting from Heavenly Ski Resort. We’ve been having a lot of fun using our outdoor cameras and trouncing about the slopes these days. The mountains are buried in snow and the skies have been crisp and beautiful. A friend of mine recently loaned me a new invention of his—adapted from his [...]
How to Be a Tourist in Los Angeles (and Not Feel Totally Lame)
January 24, 2011 By 35 Comments
I normally stay put during peak holiday travel times as I try actively to avoid hordes of tourist whenever possible, but when my friend Ellen asked if I would consider coming to LA for her 30th birthday—which happened to take place over MLK weekend—all it took was discovering that Virgin America was practically giving away [...]
