Travels With Two

Dominican Republic: Adventures on the Samaná

Melanie — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:37:45 +0000

On the Dominican Republic’s northeast Samaná Peninsula, you can thrill yourselves silly, go exploring, feel warmly welcomed, or simply rest beside a gorgeous view…all in a given day. The thick palm jungles and white-sand beaches of the Samaná offer a chance to see, hear and feel Dominican culture in action, to tackle some backcountry eco-adventures, and [...]

Images of the Dominican Republic

Melanie — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:28:35 +0000

Continued from Off to the Dominican Republic Where the Atlantic and Caribbean blend, the Dominican Republic shares the big, wild island of Hispaniola with Haiti. It has the Caribbean region’s second largest economy (from mineral mining and agricultural products like coffee, cocoa, tobacco and coconuts) and population (about 10 million); Dominicans, who range from some of the [...]

A Bay Area Weekend

Melanie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:47:26 +0000

Happy Labor Day Weekend, everyone! We’re off to spend the holiday in San Francisco and Oakland, California, with a whole slew of new-to-us adventures. We’re leaving this afternoon to make the 6-or-so-hour drive up the 101 to Oakland, home of Adam’s mom and stepdad. We’ll surely arrive too late to celebrate one of Oakland’s First Friday Art [...]

Invitation to an Underground Dinner

Melanie — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:36:16 +0000

We’ve just attended our first “underground dinner” in Los Angeles (as non-paying guests): we had a general idea of what we’d be eating, but until the 11th hour, no idea where we’d be eating. The event was big, raucous, delicious and exciting — and part of a movement that’s happening all over the world. Sparked by [...]

Langham Huntington: Anniversary-tastic

Melanie — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:33:44 +0000

For our recent wedding anniversary, we escaped a late summer heatwave at the Langham Huntington, an elegant fairyland with a view of the San Gabriel Mountains, a soothing spa and a staggering afternoon tea. At the center of Pasadena, California, just north of Los Angeles, we’re not sure what’s better about the Langham: That [...]

Five Shoulder Seasons Around the World

Melanie — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:00:46 +0000

My latest feature for independent-travel website BootsnAll is up! Five Shoulder Seasons Around the World offers tips and suggestions for saving money and avoiding crowds on your next trip by traveling “on the shoulder.” Shoulder seasons fall between high and low travel seasons, when weather is generally still good but tourist herds have started to thin. Covering [...]

TWT Travel Binder: Switzerland

Melanie — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:28:53 +0000

Here are some resources to help you plan your own “travels with two” to Switzerland. SWITZERLAND Guides Official Tourism Guide National Geographic New York Times Frommers Fodors Condé Nast Traveller Concierge.com Samantha Brown: Interlaken Samantha Brown: Geneva Samantha Brown: St. Moritz Samantha Brown: Zurich Globe Trekker Articles Travel + Leisure: Search results for Switzerland National Geographic Traveler: Search results for Switzerland Budget Travel: Search results for Switzerland Rick Steves’ Europe: Search results for Switzerland My Kugelhopf: [...]

Savor the Central Coast

Melanie — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:34:33 +0000

Whoowhee, but we love us some central California…especially its wine valleys. Happy for us, then, that Sunset Magazine is soon sponsoring a four-day event on a ranch in San Luis Obispo County to celebrate the tastes and vintages of the entire region. Sunset’s festival, called Savor the Central Coast, will be held September 30-October 2, 2010 in [...]