No Vacation Required's Blog – March 2011 Archive (5)

Travelogue - (chasing sun in) Honolulu

Hawaii, specifically Honolulu on the island of Oahu, is stop two on our mindful mileage run. Enjoy the blurbs below and watch for more detailed posts down the road. Aloha!

Day 1

We're spoiled. At the airport, they were looking to bump people flying Seattle-to-Honolulu due to head winds. The flight was going…

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Added by No Vacation Required on March 29, 2011 at 8:58pm — No Comments

Travelogue - (on a mission in) Washington D.C.

Whenever we travel to Washington D.C., we remember the first time we visited as a couple. It was 2008. Early summer. Hotter than hell. At the time, we had decided D.C. would be a perfect jumping off point for a road trip across the United States. During the prior year, we had found an avalanche of life inspiration while traveling around Africa and… Continue

Added by No Vacation Required on March 24, 2011 at 6:01pm — No Comments

What We Learned From Being (Legally) Married For A Few Months

We like to tell people that we're as married as two guys can be. A few years back – when we were living in Portland, Oregon – our county (Multnomah) took a brave stand and opened up marriage to same sex couples.

Blown away, we were glued to the news. We watched as couples were hollered at, belittled and spit on as they waited in line to receive marriage licenses. We decided that it was time to join them in line.

We wanted to take a stand - to be a part of sending… Continue

Added by No Vacation Required on March 14, 2011 at 11:32am — 4 Comments

Lessons on Passion and Fanaticism from Travel and Oprah

Last Thursday morning, the upcoming week was looking very ordinary. Our big goal was to bust out a lot of work in order to have things in tip-top condition before taking off for over a month of awesome travel. Easy.

That quickly changed when – on that Thursday afternoon – we got an irresistible offer and decided to bolt down to Los Angeles for a long weekend. It was time to,… Continue

Added by No Vacation Required on March 7, 2011 at 6:57am — No Comments

Snap Travelogue – San Francisco

Random thoughts on last week's long weekend in San Francisco.

Day 1

TSA SUCKS - We've been really tolerant – verging on supportive – of the TSA. We think those front-line folks have a shitty job, so we try to be understanding. Today changed all of that. Getting through security was a mess. We got pulled for having suspicious looking coffee mugs. Um, they were empty. Time to be more vocal about the shortcomings of the TSA and the body scanning… Continue

Added by No Vacation Required on March 3, 2011 at 6:11pm — No Comments