Traveling with MJ My travel ethos is value luxury - knowing when to splurge and when to save - whether traveling across town or around the world. I write about value luxury destinations, experiences, and products. Happy Summer! I think the summer months are one of the best times to stick close to home. Lots is going on, the weather is usually not too brutally hot, and it's finally time to unpack all those shorts and sundresses that were packed away all winter long. We're sticking close to...
20 days ago • 4 min read
Traveling with MJ My travel ethos is value luxury - knowing when to splurge and when to save - whether traveling across town or around the world. I write about value luxury destinations, experiences, and products. Happy Summer! Now that it's officially here, we hope you're finding time for easy getaways, grilling with friends, and enjoying whatever city you call home. That's what we have on the calendar for the next couple weeks, taking in some baseball, making some Aperol Spritz (my recipe...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Traveling with MJ My travel ethos is value luxury - knowing when to splurge and when to save - whether traveling across town or around the world. I write about value luxury destinations, experiences, and products. Tony's enjoying Chicago, traveling there for Pokemon GoFest. I've had regular text messages and photos, and the pace sound hectic and exhausting. Interspersed with game play, they've been exploring the city (he's not spent much time there), eating and drinking well, and when he gets...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Traveling with MJ My travel ethos is value luxury - knowing when to splurge and when to save - whether traveling across town or around the world. I write about value luxury destinations, experiences, and products. Sun, glorious sun! We've had terrific weather here in the Seattle area, and I've reduced the hours I'm spending in front of a screen writing, instead opting for time on the deck reading, connecting with friends, and taking care of a few home projects. Those home projects have taken...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Traveling with MJ My travel ethos is value luxury - knowing when to splurge and when to save - whether traveling across town or around the world. I write about value luxury destinations, experiences, and products. Hello! We had a chance to tour Windstar's new sailing yacht, Star Seeker, last week, and we were both impressed. The yacht joined the Windstar line up in December, with a capacity for 224 guests, all ocean-view suites. It stopped in Seattle on its re-positioning cruise, and will now...
3 months ago • 6 min read
Traveling with MJ My travel ethos is value luxury - knowing when to splurge and when to save - whether traveling across town or around the world. I write about value luxury destinations, experiences, and products. We spent an exhausting weekend in Vancouver with some extended family 20-somethings for a Pokemon Go event.They ran us ragged, with over 15,000 steps the first day, and 12,000 steps the following half day. We were early adopters to the game, which was released on July 6, 2016. I...
10 months ago • 5 min read
Traveling with MJ My travel ethos is value luxury - knowing when to splurge and when to save - whether traveling across town or around the world. I write about value luxury destinations, experiences, and products. It's been a schizophrenic mix of warm (ish) sunny days followed by hours and hours of pouring down rain here in Western Washington. It's been a joy to look out on the yard and see flowers blooming and a burst of color as we head into the middle part of Spring. We headed off to the...
about 2 years ago • 4 min read
Traveling with MJ My travel ethos is value luxury - knowing when to splurge and when to save - whether traveling across town or around the world. I write about value luxury destinations, experiences, and products. River cruising on the Douro in Portugal is a magical experience. There's something special about the towns and villages along its banks. It's different than cruising the Rhine, Danube, or Rhone. It's a different pace, a different way of life, something inexplicably affirming about...
over 2 years ago • 5 min read
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