Skip to content

Portmanteau Suitcase

Travel * Trip Planning * Tiny Thoughts

  • Home
  • Trip Planning
  • Destinations
  • About
California / Parents / San Diego / Sweet Sunshine

Summer 2020 Catch-Up

Posted on: September 28, 2020May 28, 2021

If 2020 was a drink, what would it be? Vodka in a water bottle when you were expecting it to be water. Now, this is from a funny […]

California / Concerts / Parents / San Diego / Silicon Vallley

Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time!

Posted on: January 1, 2020

Christmas festivities throughout December… I blogged about it “December 7” thanks to back-dating, but SMS and I went to December Lights and recreated our meeting 7 years ago! […]

California / Family / Napa / NorCal Road Trip / Parents

Birthday weekend, Part 2: Napa!

Posted on: April 8, 2016May 28, 2021

After sleeping soundly in the guesthouse’s comfortable beds, we woke up to celebrate my birthday!  SMS and I were up first so we headed to Bouchon Bakery for […]

Napa / Parents / Sweet Sunshine / US Travels

Napa Wine Tasting Day!

Posted on: October 29, 2015May 28, 2021

  The Fab Four at Jericho Canyon We woke up and rolled straight out of bed to an awesome breakfast!  Our B&B Wine Way Inn features a great […]

Parents / Tokyo Day Trip / Travels

Day 8: Sayonara, *sniff!*

Posted on: May 2, 2014May 28, 2021

Whah!  The vacation was awesome but too short.  I love hanging out with Mom and Dad but now it was time for them to go to DC.  I […]

Parents / Tokyo Day Trip / Travels

Day 7: Kamakura and Tokyo

Posted on: May 1, 2014May 28, 2021

The good weather was back!  Not to be too boring in talking about the weather but it is so much nicer to be a tourist on a sunny […]

Parents / Tokyo Day Trip / Travels

Day 6: Tokyo

Posted on: April 30, 2014May 28, 2021

This was our one day of bad weather.  The day before there was some rain, but the heaviest was while we were on the train.  Not today!  We […]

Japan / Parents / Travels

Day 5: Nara

Posted on: April 29, 2014May 28, 2021

I woke up and was pleasantly surprised that my feet were still attached to my body.  I thought I had walked them off the day before but nope! […]

Japan / Parents / Travels

Day 4: Kyoto

Posted on: April 28, 2014May 28, 2021

Matsuda-san, pointing out his name on the temple donor wall  Day 4 was a nice day because we left the tour guiding to someone else.  My XO and […]

Japan / Kyoto / Parents / Travels

Day 3: Arashiyama, Kyoto

Posted on: April 27, 2014May 28, 2021

Little o-jizos We slept in a little bit on Day 3.  Then it was off to the Western part of Kyoto to Arashiyama, a beautiful, less urban part […]

Posts pagination

Page 1 Page 2 Next page

Search

March 2026
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  
« Feb    
 

Loading Comments...