On July 26th we packed up all our stuff at Rachel's place and moved to an airbnb in downtown. It was thanks to the White family being so kind and hosting us that we were able to afford an airbnb in such a nice area for the rest of our time in LA. Our airbnb …
Our airbnb for Santa Barbara wasn't in Santa Barbara itself. We were just down the coast in a town called Carpinteria. Our airbnb was a nice room inside a larger house, with access to a deck to sit out on. Sean set up his Scottish flag outside to let all the neighbors know who was …
My grandma and her sisters used to live outside San Francisco when they were children. Occasionally their aunties Edna and Irene would dress them up like little ladies and take them into the city for a treat. That treat was usually Blum's coffee crunch cake. Years later, Blum's went out of business. Luckily, my great …
On our way down to San Francisco we made a detour to the tiny town of Inverness, CA so the boys could get a picture with the sign, make the joke that they were back home, and see if there were any similarities between the town and its namesake. For lunch we made a point …
The day before we left for the big trip we spent buying groceries, packing, and relaxing. We spent some time at the high school's fields behind my house playing soccer and football and baseball, and that night we went to a bar with my aunt to play some trivia. The next morning we stopped before …
