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Our Best of Italy

NVR Guys — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:10:14 +0000

Our current travel - see details!

Local Travel

NVR Guys — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:56:57 +0000

Having enjoyed Milan for a few days, we’re now living like locals in the Piedmont region of Italy. It feels great. Local travel – deep local travel – is something we’ve been talking about a lot lately. We’ve been delving into our slice of the world, the Pacific Northwest, and realizing just how much there [...]

How to Stop Thinking Small

NVR Guys — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:54:08 +0000

“You guys have got to weigh in on this debate,” said our friend’s e-mail. I figured I’d check it out. Awake and chugging coffee early in the morning, I had nothing better to do in my jet lag induced haze here in Italy. I went over to the site where the debate was occurring and [...]

Have Food? We’ll Travel

NVR Guys — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:29:51 +0000

The last few months in our world have been like no other. Work is at an all-time-busy, we’re making some big life decisions and we’ve strung together a sequence of “best of” travel experiences that we’ve coined our Ultimate Honeymoon (in honor of finally having a legal marriage that is expected to stick). Before heading [...]

National Parks – America’s Best Idea

NVR Guys — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:43:48 +0000

National Parks were a big part of the motivation behind planning this segment of our current adventure – the Pacific Coast road trip. As National Park maniacs, it was becoming – with each passing year – more and more unacceptable that we hadn’t yet made it to Yosemite. That’s as bad as being a gambler [...]

Rallying in the USA

NVR Guys — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:04:45 +0000

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Grazing at The Herbfarm

NVR Guys — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:40:51 +0000

When the chef said that the evening’s 9-course, 6-wine menu had three desserts, I almost had an excitement seizure. We were – for the first time (and probably the last time) ever – at the highly praised Seattle-area restaurant, The Herbfarm, and we were determined to return only clean plates to the kitchen. With a [...]

Travel Plans + Video!

NVR Guys — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:32:42 +0000

Our current travel – see details!

Finding the Chill in Hawaii and Costa Rica

NVR Guys — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:58:25 +0000

None of our adventures beat those in which we find ourselves in a chill, restorative environment. It seems we’re half crazy half the time (especially lately), so we love – more than anything – accommodations that dilute the crazy quotient. I guess that’s why we’re smitten with camping and being out in nature. In our [...]

Taking a Beat

NVR Guys — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:48:18 +0000

We had a bit of a self smack-down in NVR-land, and it all started with this advice to a friend: “Be careful. It sounds like you’re starting to create a new version of the very life you walked away from years ago.” We were on a catch-up-on-everything Skype call with another couple. The words flew out [...]

Keep It To Yourself

NVR Guys — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:15:45 +0000

We recently caught up with some friends who are about to have a baby. Before we could even ask, Lynn said, “We’re not telling anyone the sex of the baby until it’s born.” “Good for you!” we both blurted out. They were surprised we were so supportive of their secret because, apparently, other friends aren’t [...]

Three Self-Employment Surprises

NVR Guys — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:16:19 +0000

It’s time for an update on the under-discussed arm of our NVR life. Work. Through all of the travel and other life goals, we’re busy maximizing companies and people. I don’t know that our work has ever not been stacked up over the last five years. We’re always pretty busy. Currently, though, that has never been [...]

Sharing Aloha

NVR Guys — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:41:55 +0000

In all of our rambling on-and-on about Hawaii over the years, we’ve failed to give adequate attention to what we think is this sliver-of-the-world’s biggest selling point. You feel the love when you are there. It’s like Valentine’s Day every day. Very few places come to mind when we ponder the very tippy-top tier of [...]

Something To Complain About

NVR Guys — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:22:54 +0000

“One of the most powerful indictments of economic inequality I’ve ever read.” That’s how Barbara Ehrenreich describes Katherine Boo’s smart, heart-melting book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers. It’s a perfect read for anyone who loves to travel or is curious about the world. Anyone who enjoys books that prompt profound sadness will certainly think it’s a winner [...]

Hawaii, We Can’t Quit You

NVR Guys — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:16:01 +0000

Our latest adventure – see pics!

The Lottery of Life

NVR Guys — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:32:46 +0000

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Introducing… Our 2013. Finally

NVR Guys — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:00:05 +0000

In an attempt to bring some shape to our overflowing bank of ideas and to not move backwards, we took a cue from what we've learned from the NVR Project - the initiative we implemented in 2012 in honor of that five-year anniversary. As part of the NVR Project's inaugural year, we set out to make some big decisions regarding our "top picks" of the last years. With that, here is some stuff we have plotted to go down as part of NVR Project 2013.

Loving Lanai Again

NVR Guys — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:54:04 +0000

We're back in one of our favorite states, Hawaii. We're here doing our own thing in a few days but are currently guests of the island of Lanai. We were on Lanai a few years ago (on our own) and absolutely loved it. So, there was no way we were going to turn down an opportunity to dig deeper via a media trip.

Our Best Las Vegas Deals and Tips

NVR Guys — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:31:27 +0000

It’s been a bizarre and busy week. Las Vegas will do that to you. We’ve visited Las Vegas countless times and for a variety of reasons over the years. This time, we were there for some work and some fun. No matter the reason for our visit, our time in Las Vegas is always frenetic [...]

January

NVR Guys — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:22:54 +0000

It’s January. A new beginning that seemed to descend upon us impossibly quickly. How did that happen? As I write, we’re on our first plane ride of the year. I don’t know what to say here. Flying away from Seattle, I am simultaneously captivated by the gorgeous Olympic Mountains and by my inability to focus. [...]