Are you always looking for new restaurants in Miami? We recently chose to review The Knife restaurant and had ourselves a wonderful, casual, yet romantic meal. The Knife is an Argentine “parilla” style steakhouse with several locations in South Florida. We chose to visit the Hallandale location. The visit was so pleasant for us, it’s earned a spot on our “Where to eat in Miami” list.
We left the hotel this morning and headed out for Sedona, AZ. Kenin was very excited because we were going to drive to the Grand Canyon. Neither of us have ever seen it, and it’s on both of our bucket lists, so this was going to be a real adventure. We had been to Scottsdale earlier this year, and already missed one chance to see it. Who knew our road trip would end up being from Los Angeles to Las Vegas instead?
When we left our hotel in Fresno we knew we were headed for a good time at our next destination. We were going to see my brother, Brant, who’s lived in LA for quite some time, and has been known to party in 4 Continents. What we didn’t know is that by the end of the 4 days we would have had drinks in a warehouse turned into a night club, a meal at a swanky beach-front steakhouse, nursed 2 hangovers, and attend a Space Party. We managed to do all this while also getting in quality time with the family and some time to ourselves. Of course none of these things were planned in advance, that’s just how it goes with us ramblers. We got in the car that morning listening to more Silversun Pickups to keep us company (they always remind Lauren of Brant) and drove to LA .
This trip just keeps getting better and better. Last week we got to see the coastal redwoods and now we are going to see the Giant Sequoia Redwoods! As if that wasn’t enough our relationship has been improving as well. We have both become so relaxed and at ease with each other again. Our plan was to head out to see the Grant and Sherman redwood trees, which are the two largest trees in the US and then take a bit of a hike. We left the doggies in the hotel for the day and headed out to see some more of nature in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park! Continue reading
I woke up alone today for the first time in weeks. Kenin had to take the car in this morning for the 20k mile service. When we left Florida, we were still under 15k miles on the car. I have to admit, I didn’t really mind some time alone. It gave me a chance to plan out what I wanted to accomplish today since we didn’t have a lot of traveling to do. I found an interesting article on The Huff Post about where you could go to see seals in California. There is a city called Moss Landing where you can sometimes catch a glimpse of seals. I have always wanted to see them in their natural habitat and I knew it was going to be dicey but it wanted to try. It was a good hour off our route, but what’s a road trip without a detour? Many people go out to the beaches and it is pretty much a coin toss as to if you will see seals or not. Continue reading