We dusted off our passports and spent 10 days in Paris, France. It was quite an indulgent endeavor, with no food or drink choice spared.

Santa Ynez Valley is a hidden gem of a region about two hours northwest of Los Angeles. We stopped there for a weekend after the Thanksgiving holiday, and while the area may not stand out to most on the map all of the places we went left us with excitement for what’s to come for the valley.

Laguna Beach is a place that has been on my list for quite awhile and yes I will admit I first heard of it because of the early 2000’s MTV reality show with the same name (which also weirdly seems to be coming back around in popularity now that it’s on Netflix). The town’s charm and sparkling oceans were just as accurate years later.