April 16-17, 2015: The Florida Keys!

From Key Largo, all the way to Key West! The bluest waters, the best Cuban food ever, and the nicest people. The Keys were just spectacular! Continue reading

April 15-16, 2015: Bummin’ Around in Miami

Unwound from The Everglades by relaxing in South beach and walking around the glorious city of Miami. Continue reading

April 15, 2015: The Everglades!

Made out way down to Everglades National Park and did an awesome nature tour followed by an airboat tour through the swamps with Everglades Nature Tours. They were amazing. Continue reading

April 14-15, 2015: Gainesville + Naples (Florida…)

Made a quick stop in Gainesville to check out the University of Florida‘s beautiful campus  on our way down south to Naples… Florida, not Italy, obviously. That would be impressive. Continue reading

April 10-13, 2015: N’awlins

The gang unites in the great city of New Orleans! See below for the multitude of shenanigans in which our friends Joche, Julia and Steve, and my sister Carmel and her husband/my bro-lo/El Cunado Edo joined us for over the course of a few wild days. Continue reading

April 9-10, 2015: Houston

Said adios to Austin and took off for for N’awlins (New Orleans!), stopping in Houston for a night to break up the 500 mile/8 hour drive and check out the local scene. Decided to keep Steve with us for a couple days as entertainment.  Continue reading

April 7, 2015: Fredericksburg + The Alamo

Left Marfa for San Antonio, home of The Alamo! Stopped in Fredericksburg on the way, a cool little German town, where we ate some bratwurst, naturally. See pics below! Continue reading

April 6-7, 2015: Marfa, TX

Via a friend’s recommendation, we decided to go check out Marfa. Marfa is a quaint little town in Western Texas (population:  1,819) known for its art and the Marfa Lights. We stayed at a little “commune” type place called “El Cosmico” where we slept in a teepee and showered in an outdoor communal shower. Was quite an experience! Continue reading

April 5-6, 2015: Meteor Crater + Getting Nuclear in Albuquerque

After a quick fly home to Irvine for Passover, coupled with a quick hop over to Vegas with the fam (I know, woe is us), we flew back to Phoenix and took off for Albuquerque, New Mexico, stopping at Meteor Crater along the way. Continue reading