• Tube Travel Pillow

    Tube Travel Pillow (Review)

    On a trip to New York City this February, we got a chance to try out the Tube travel pillow as we flew up and back. The premise was simple: it is a travel pillow that also doubles as a free additional personal item on the plane. Tube Travel Pillow (Review) Yeah, it’s a travel pillow, big deal, there’s plenty out there – so what makes it so special? Well, instead of fake stuffing inside the pillow, you actually stuff your clothes inside it, so you save on space and on baggage. We got an opportunity to review the product since it was owned by another Jacksonville local, and why…

  • Travel Hacking Alaska

    Travel Hacking Alaska: Planning Our Trip

    When we got married in May 28, 2015, a crucial choice had to be made, and that was with regards to our honeymoon. Where in the world would we go? We’ve already been to a few honeymoon spots like Turks & Caicos, Cancun, and even Montego Bay so we definitely don’t want a beach honeymoon, and we definitely want something out of the box. We both knew that we needed to stay somewhere local – as we were going to apply for a green card for me and didn’t know how long it will take (at the time), so we eyed Hawaii or Alaska. The choice was made in the…

  • Baby stuff for cheap or free

    Baby Stuff For Cheap (or Free)

    Welcome to our second trimester post! I’m sort of back to my normal self, but I get tired really easily and my brain seems to have succumbed to my pregnancy when I can’t think clearly. Other than that though, I’m still taking it easy, hence, the lesser amount of blog posts you see here (apologies!) On our first trimester post, I’m pretty much a zombie who’s always sick and tired all the time, so I did not have much time to devote to researching and planning. Now, I will have to make the most of the next 3 months (well, 2 months now), to try and learn how to get…

  • Cubicle Workers Manifesto

    The Cubicle Dwellers Manifesto

    You probably all know that Peter and I work full time. But here we are, managing to blog and type our thoughts, experiences, and travels in this blog. Because of a very frustrating bureaucratic experience I just had, I am writing this open letter to each and everyone of you who may be reading this that are currently employed by a company. Yes, maybe 99% of you reading this may be affected. I’m calling it… The Cubicle Dwellers Manifesto ******************************************************** Dear Cubicle Dwellers, Greetings! First off, let me introduce myself. I too am a cubicle dweller – meaning, working a full time 9-6 job much like more than 80% of…

  • Three Day New York Itinerary

    3 Day New York City Itinerary (52 WW)

    New York City. Feb 15-19, 2019. We booked this trip for a visa run to go to Europe. Technically, we were supposed to apply for my Slovak Schengen visa, but it didn’t happen. In fact, we didn’t need to fly anymore – we found out we could just mail the documents to the DC embassy instead! With a winter storm just finishing, and with our friends out of town (our other reason for flying up there), we had to come up with an impromptu itinerary which was literally just booked and finalized on a Thursday after we checked in to our flight. We have been to New York City so…