Travel Guide: New York City with your dog
Ah, the big apple. It’s one of our favorite places for being immersed in the hustle and bustle of city living and indulging in endless amounts of delicious food. While I was in school, I really thought I wanted to move
How to reduce travel stress for your dogs
This post is sponsored by My Happy Pets. A few weeks ago, we made the trip from LA to New York City and the pups came with! With checking in, security, and each leg of the flight lasting almost 6 hours,
Pet-friendly stay near the Empire State Building
Last weekend, we visited New York again with Kokoro and Chibi in tow. On the itinerary were some client meetings, Corgi meetups, and of course, eating our way through the city. We’ve found that traveling in New York City is
Give your dogs a break with Panasonic’s HomeHawk Monitoring System
Kokoro and Chibi have always been our two little watchdogs. Although these two are not the most intimidating, they treat barking at people outside like it's their life duty. And their diligence has definitely paid off on more than one
Why fly LAX when there’s Ontario International Airport
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Ontario International Airport. The opinions and text are all mine. Just freshly recovered from the jet lag following our Japan trip, we're already itching to hop on a plane and head
Photographing teamLab’s Borderless Art Museum
Happy 2019! It's the first day of the new year and we are wrapping up the last bit of our trip to Japan. Due to the holiday, most places around Tokyo were closed, but we were lucky enough to grab
Take a stroll through Sagano Bamboo Forest
One of Kyoto's most popular tourist attractions is the Sagano Bamboo Forest. Although it's located a bit out of the way from the central Kyoto area, travelers don't seem to mind making the hour long trek out to Arashiyama to
Feeding deer in Nara Park
As a huge animal lover, I always look for things to do while traveling that involve experiences with animals and that are unique to the culture of the place I'm visiting. In Thailand, that meant volunteering at an elephant sanctuary
Visiting Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima
We're one week into our trip to Japan, and we finally made it out of the Tokyo area to see another prefecture. Our last two trips here were too short to leave Tokyo; staying for two weeks finally gave us
Relaxing Getaway at Ikaho Onsen
Midway through our two week trip to Japan, we made our way out to neighboring prefecture Gunma for the third time. Going for a long soak in Japan's natural hot springs is always a good way to unwind. This time,
Befriending sheep at Green Bokujo Farms
Going to the hot springs has been a must for us every time we've visited Japan. This time, instead of just going to a ryokan (an individual inn with private baths) like before, we spent two nights in an onsen
Hand-pulled udon heaven at Torijaya
Udon is hands down my favorite type of Japanese noodle. Always soft and chewy, these thick-cut wheat noodles come in varying thicknesses and is often served in a hot, umami-filled broth. My first experience with udon was at the Osaka airport