2019 Highlights: Travel and Food

WRITTEN BY Julie

I blame the heat of Singapore that I keep forgetting the year is drawing to a close. Every attempt to dive deep into the holiday spirit is a little bit ruined when we’re sweating through our clothes. But, last...

05.31.19

One Week in Sri Lanka

WRITTEN BY Julie

Sri Lanka is one of those places where you’ll hear you need a lot of time to explore. When researching our vacation there, we frequently saw articles like, ‘One Month in Sri Lanka Wasn’t Enough!’ or ‘The...

05.27.19

Jackals and Leopards and Bears on a Yala Safari

WRITTEN BY Julie

Our entire recent trip to Sri Lanka was inspired by a single farfetched idea – to see a leopard in the wild in Yala National Park. I don’t know why we have this image in our minds that the only real safaris...

05.16.19

Travel After A Tragedy

WRITTEN BY Julie

We thought about cancelling. On Easter Sunday 2019, a group of religious extremists carried out a coordinated attack in the Colombo region of Sri Lanka, killing over 250 churchgoers and tourists. We watched in horror...

05.25.16

How We Got Cast in a Global Ad Campaign

WRITTEN BY Drew

So, you may remember that we took a sudden, last minute trip to Sri Lanka a few months back. We chalked it up to needing a little tropical weather in the midst of the cold, dreary London winter. We wrote about touring...

03.07.16

From Batik to Fish: Sri Lankan Culture at a Glance

WRITTEN BY Julie

I went to a progressive elementary school, a place where we called our teachers by their first names and ‘our bodies and feelings were safe.’ Creative and interesting parents and community members came in...