I'm sure you are missing those warm spring days just as much as I am right now, so hopefully today's recap of the trip Hokino and I took to Florida will help with the seasonal depression, and not make it worse! Early/Mid-December is kind of an odd time to travel, I will admit. It's pretty common to hoard those last few vacation days in order to travel back home for Christmas (at least, that's what I always did). But as the end of the year approached, Hoki realized he still had nine vacation days to use. Since I'm currently [...]

I knew I was going to love Hawai’i, but I didn’t know I was going to love it THIS much. I mean, the weather has been spectacular back here in Arkansas, and I STILL want to hop on a plane and fly to Oahu RIGHT NOW. In order to ease myself out of these Hawai’i withdrawals, I’ve been intently editing all my photos from the trip, which means I have them all ready to share on the blog today! We stayed in Hale’iwa, which if you are unfamiliar with Oahu, is on the north shore of the island. Being [...]

When I was 14 years old, I took my very first French class. Admittedly, the only reason I signed up for French was because I didn’t like Spanish and my school didn’t offer German (my first true love). However, despite my initial antipathy, I grew to love the language and the culture. In fact, I can still remember clearly the day my teacher put on one of those educational videos (in all of their late 80s/early 90s glory), and I became converted. Showcasing the wide variety of Francophone people around the world, that day, the video showed me Quebec for [...]