When it comes to personal items, there are two types of people: bag carriers and backpack wearers. I usually bring a bag as my personal item, but after getting a travel backpack, I get the appeal. One side of your body isn’t disproportionately weighed down, your hands are freed up and you can actually fit…
If you only had a few minutes to evacuate your house, would you be prepared? If you asked me before the Palisades and Eaton fires, I would have said kind of. But after hearing the stories of thousands of people losing everything they own and having to pack my own Go Bag due to the…
As a solo traveler, one of my biggest struggles is getting photos of myself. I usually travel with a group, but I hate asking anyone to take my photo. Even though they’re always happy to do it, I still feel like I’m bothering them. (I do think it’s easier to ask on a solo travel…
Frontier Airlines is known for a lot of things: cheap fares, extra fees that change cheap fares into expensive fares, low customer satisfaction and a low reliability score when it comes to on-time flights. All that to say, Frontier is not the worst airline. That title goes to Spirit Airlines. (Congrats?) If none of those…
I’m always looking for new ways to entertain my parents when they visit me in Los Angeles. They lived in Southern California for 30+ years, so finding somewhere they haven’t been is a challenge. (They’ve already been to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery and a murder tour didn’t exactly scream “Happy Holidays!”) Before coming out for…
Do you want to visit the real life town from “Frozen”? If so, stop reading because that’s in Norway, and I haven’t been there yet. But if you want to visit a town that looks like it’s straight out of a fairytale, Hallstatt is the destination for you! Before I started planning my summer trip…