In 2018 we traveled in Japan for the first time. In 2025 we went again. We revisited favorite spots, discovered new places and enjoyed experiencing Tokyo and Kyoto with and through our kids, now eight years older.
Tagged: family vacation, Japan, Kyoto, Tokyo, travel
Tagged: girls trip, Malibu pier, Malibu wine hike
Porto is Portugal’s second-largest city and a historic, UNESCO-listed “Invicta” (undefeated) city known as the birthplace of the nation’s name and its famous Port wine. We stayed right in the city and spent most of the two days we were there walking everywhere, in and down alleys and past charming cafes, wonderfully surprised by the colors and age of every building.
Tagged: family vacation, Porto, Portugal, Spring Break, travel
The Douro River Valley in northern Portugal is the world’s oldest demarcated wine region (since 1756) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned for its dramatic, terraced vineyards along the river.
Tagged: Douro Valley, Portugal, Spring Break, vacation
With fully intact 13th century walls, Obidos passed through the hands of the Celts, Phoenicians, Romans and Moors, was given as a gift from King Dinis I to Queen Isabel in 1282 and for 550 years remained the property of Portugese queens who sponsored the construction of churches, town improvements, and a 16th-century aqueduct and by surviving the 1755 earthquake is now a storied town housing 3,100 inhabitants within it’s historic walls.
Tagged: family vacation, Obidos, Portugal, Spring Break, travel
Lisbon is the second oldest European capital and has been the capital of Portugal since 1255. Known as a town of seven hills, the windy, steep streets give way to stunning viewpoints around the city.
Tagged: family vacation, Lisbon, Portugal, Spring Break, travel
Tulum was the perfect spot to celebrate Anthony’s 50th where we could be as old and as young as we felt. 
Tagged: 50th birthday, Anthony, Mexico, travel, Tulum
Fresh Sesh is the freshman, Class of 2029’s, Spring semester showcase. All works are choreographed and performed by the freshman class. The chemistry and friendships that have so quickly formed are evident as not only the dancers moved together in the pieces but as they transitioned from piece to piece, flowing from one work of art to another, giving from their own to each other. As their professor d. Sabela Grimes remarked, this performance is about community first.
Tagged: dance, Fresh Sesh, Kaufman, Lucas, Santa Monica, travel, USC
Tagged: family vacation, skiing, Stowe, travel, Vermont
In January we dreamed of it.
And this week it all became true. His new home, his next challenge and opportunity, his new circle and daily routine, living more without us than with us and fulfilling a promise owed only to himself. 
Tagged: college, dance, Kaufman, LA, Lucas, Santa Monica, University of Southern California, USC
Our Everyday 