From Australia to Africa, my travels show me how small the world really is and what connects us all.
The Bourbon Chronicles: Buffalo Trace Distillery Buffalo Trace is the producer of some of the finest bourbons on the market (when you can find them): Blanton’s, Pappy van Winkle, Eagle Rare, and of course Buffalo Trace, among others. They’re some of the best – and highly coveted – bourbons in the eyes of bourbon collectors… Read More
The Bourbon Chronicles: Kentucky Artisan Distillery (KAD) We’re really thrilled to have this notable distillery basically in our backyard of Louisville. Our guide provided a fantastic history lesson about how bourbon evolved into what it came to be and is today. Its affordable price and convenient location means we’ll definitely recommend it to any of… Read More
The Bourbon Chronicles: Jim Beam & Heaven Hill Distilleries At the time of this post, it’s 2022 and businesses and distilleries have begun to open back up. As new locals to the Louisville area, we’re taking mini trips to visit various bourbon distilleries. For reference, the Kentucky Bourbon Trail website is our primary resource. Bourbon… Read More
My college roommate visited me this weekend from Sacramento and we decided to play tourist around San Francisco for a day (despite her having been to the city many times, and me living less than 15 miles south of it). There are so many sights to see around the bay area that I felt like… Read More
African Safari Day 6Location: Morning Serengeti drive and flight back to Arusha On our final day, we journeyed back to Arusha by flying back across the vast expanse of the Serengeti which we had crossed in the days before. Normally, I do just fine in planes but on this particular day, I sat in the… Read More
African Safari – Day 4 & 5Location: The SerengetiLodge: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge Monday in the Serengeti is unlike any Monday I have spent anywhere else in the world. It’s calm and there’s no real sense of time. It reminded me that there’s always more to life than just our own geographic bubble. And yet,… Read More
African Safari – Day 3Location: Ngorongoro National Park CraterLodge: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge Sunday was our crater drive down into the Ngorongoro crater. This park is actually a conservation area where lions, elephants, zebras and flamingos all cohabiting together. Until, of course, it becomes lunch time. At 19km wide and a surface of 264 sq… Read More
African Safari – Day 2Location: Ngorongoro National Park CraterLodging: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge Saturday morning began with a game drive on our way to the crater. Still en route, we stopped to visit Maasai village where our group had the opportunity to interact with members of this nomadic tribe. We were invited into their home. I… Read More
Official Safari day 1 – Tarangire Safari LodgeLocation: Safari in SerengetiDay: Friday, September 2016 The night before we were informed our bags for the safari could only be 15 kilos EACH as we would be taking a one hour flight back into Arusha on a small plane. There was some whining but we managed. Since… Read More
Lodge: Arumeru River LodgeLocation: Arusha, TanzaniaArrival day: Wednesday evening into Thursday, September 2016 Our east African safari takes place in Tanzania. The trip was 8 days long and the itinerary was a combination of visiting Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater and the legendary Serengeti. We would be visiting during late September into early October,… Read More
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