Eating the Whole World

One of the things that we will miss about California, and hope we can find in our new home at least to some degree, is the variety of food we’ve enjoyed having access to. We didn’t realize how special the dining experience can be here until we started looking at some other parts of the…

Feeling California, Looking at Minnesota?

When we started looking for new states to live, I would not have originally put Minnesota on our short list. Somehow, when we started looking at places to live outside of California, we found ourselves eschewing neighboring Nevada and Arizona because of their hot, dry climate (and neighboring Oregon because of its political climate). One…

Goodbye, Mr. Newsom

I really like Irish & Celtic-inspired music, to the point that I might have a St. Patrick’s Day playlist going on my phone at any given time of the year. On one of these the other day, they played the song “Goodbye Mrs. Durkin,” as sung by the Dubliners. There’s a lot of old Irish…

A Work in Progress

Just like this blog, our lives are also a work in progress. I’m not 100% sure how to preface this blog; it’s going to be written by myself and my husband, Mr. Alias. We’re trying to find a lot of things in life: ourselves, our passions, a way to escape California, and how to obtain…