Azawaki Lighthouse SMS and I had a mellow afternoon and took a trip to the other side of the Miura Peninsula to see Jogashima Island. Jogashima is on […]

Did anyone watch the 40th Anniversary of SNL show last weekend?  I did not but I saw the Celebrity Jeopardy skit, which was pretty awesome.  I heard it’s […]

I officially love local area stay-cations.  Maybe I’m using the word a little too fluidly since we did go to another city and stay in a hotel, but […]

After Sapporo, I was still on leave so SMS and I decided to have a fun Tokyo mid-week vacation.  Tokyo is nearby but far enough that I can’t […]

SMS and I had a fun day exploring in Hayama.  We decided to have a progressive dinner, similar to progressive parties where you have one course at each […]

An amazing trip deserves amazing pictures.  SMS took some great photos while we were in Sapporo, including a tripod-dependent session in Otaru.  I’m married to such a talented […]

Odori Park at Night This past weekend, SMS and I went to Sapporo to see the Snow Festival.  It’s funny that Snow Festival 2015 is here because I […]

Friday was the actual birthday day! Happy birthday Brady! We actually started the celebration at midnight that morning with Brady’s birthday champagne bottle delivered to our table. We […]