OVERVIEW Portland is super WEIRD. You might think to yourself, oh, I've met weird people before, in fact, I am weird. No you haven't, and no you are not. Go to Portland, interact with the locals a few times. You'll wonder to yourself, is there some strange etiquette here that I have yet to learn? What planet am I on??? Once that happens, you'll know you caught the weirdness bug of Portland. There are so many amazing things about the city. I mean - Rose Garden f...

MY FIRST THOUGHTS ON OAHU The first thing I think of when I think of Hawaii is the ocean waves, the incredibly clear water, how BIG some of the waves were, how far out you could swim in the ocean, and how as far as you could see there is only water. Hawaii is so remote, and you feel it when you go there. It is literally 5 or 6 hours to the nearest landmass. We visited Oahu, which is where Honolulu is. It is the 3rd largest island and the only one we could fly ...

Vegas, home of very late nights, the best shows on earth... and well, just forget getting any sleep! We were lucky enough to get to go to Vegas twice, once in March for Greg's work and once in April for mine.The first time Greg had to work, so I hung out with friends. We stayed at Mandalay bay, and there's a big fish tank in the middle of the lobby. Fish tank probably doesn't even describe it well. It like a gigantic beam that holds the building up, except its ...

SUMMARY San Fran is ocean water, beautiful weather, really big trees (like BIG), the best wine vineyards, lots of people, amazing food and simple syrup. I believe I am in heaven.. You could literally visit a hundred times and never do the same thing twice. You could probably live here and never run out of things to do. Nights in Cali definitely get brisk, so at all times you pretty much need to have something to put on or take off because the temperature fluctu...

SUMMARY Texas is hot, hot, hot! If you think that you like the heat, then check it out and you'll come back reformed. Does anyone actually like TX that isn't from Texas? No, they do not. That being said, I still had a lot of fun! Even in the desert, the blazing sun (oh my lord), lots of cow eating and more southern accent than I can handle. Its totally different from the northeast. Texas is really flat, there really aren't mountains. The only thing they have ar...