Being on the West Coast, we have easy access to a ton of beaches… but sometimes it’s fun to venture farther away from home to explore new beaches and frontiers just hours away. I’ve always […]
Author: matthewgoto

Go Outside – The Ruth Bancroft Garden
Our newest Home Improvement project is the front yard – but you’d never know by looking at it. The abundance or rain this winter brought the grass in the backyard back to life (woo hoo) […]

Make the best of the weekend…
When work is part of your career it can take you to some pretty awesome places… and when your spouse travels for work too – you might get lucky and tag along when work takes […]

New Year – New Plan!
This post was lost in “Draft-land” and never published – but I thought it was important to share as its been a new chapter in my triathlon training (not the smoothest journey). 2018 flew by… […]

Lucerne, Switzerland
Starting August in Italy was phenomenal… If you’ve been following my blog at all, you’ve hopefully noticed the pictures and videos from our trip. When we planned the trip, we were a bit reluctant about […]

West Coast to the Amalfi Coast…
In August, we spend a week in Italy celebrating our friends birthday and taking in the Italian Coast. On our last day in Italy we chartered a boat and spent the day visiting coves, grottos […]

Pompeii
Italy is absolutely beautiful.. but it’s beauty runs deeper than its beautiful coast lines and amazing food – it also has a rich history that makes it even more magnificent. On our recent Italian adventure […]

Wake up and go the extra 7,000 steps…
One of the best things about traveling (in addition to seeing new parts of the world) is getting to meet new people along the way. On our trip to Italy we were meeting up with […]

There is so much of the World to see…
One of my favorite quotes is “Once you’ve climbed to the top of the mountain, you only then realize there are higher mountains to climb” – or something similar to that. And some people have […]

#UpInTheAir and on Another Adventure!
Travel has become second nature to me – even though “first nature” sounds more appropriate for the amount of time spent on the road and in the air. I get asked all the time “how […]

Make a Detour Your Next Destination!
This week I was suppose to be down in Palm Springs for work – but my workload at home derailed those plans. Instead I’m playing catch up and getting balls rolling on new projects. And […]