• What This Year Brings

    “May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” – Trenton Lee Stewart With 2021 over, for better or worse 2022 is upon us. We’ve planned a few trips this year and we’ll see if they happen. It’s going to be an interesting one with my 30th birthday…

  • She’s Updating Us Again?

    Hi everyone! For those who are new, this is the Life of Dyes segment where we just kind of update what’s going, what travels are planned, and just some fun tidbits. If you are new, welcome! I can’t thank you enough for deciding to follow this blog as it’s my passion project and something I…

  • New Beginnings

    New Beginnings

    We moved! Again! This time will be a bit more permanent. While we appreciate having the chance to save up over the last year, we are not roommate people and we’re glad to have our own space again. We stayed in GA and in our “hometown” of Duluth in basically our dream apartment. Open floor…

  • What Do You Mean No Bread?

    What Do You Mean No Bread?

    “People who are gluten free get a lot of hate, but I really respect them for going against the grain.” -Anonymous I know what you’re thinking, “Courtney, why the hell would YOU be gluten free??” Trust me, folks, it’s not by choice. At the beginning of the month I ended up extremely sick for over…

  • Take it Seriously, Folks

    Take it Seriously, Folks

    “You don’t want to be complacent. You always want to be ahead of the curve” -Dr. Anthony Fauci We’re all going through it. Well, those of us that don’t work an essential job. Quarantine. Our way of life has changed. I was furloughed. Alex’s schedule has become a one week on, one week off. It’s…

  • Well at Least I’m Functioning

    Well at Least I’m Functioning

    “If you could read my mind, you wouldn’t be smiling.” ― Tamara Ireland Stone, Every Last Word Disclaimer: This is a serious post about a serious topic. Don’t care about it? Then don’t read it. Find something else around the blog to snack on. There are some updates at the end of the post about upcoming travel…

  • Life of Dyes

    Life of Dyes

    Hi y’all. You might have noticed the new tab on the site, might not have. I’ve been considering it for a bit now, but Life of Dyes will be a little more of the personal side to our lives outside of the traveling and food. Read, don’t read it. It’s up to you. We live…

  • We’re Moving!

    We’re Moving!

    On Saturday. A week after we signed the lease on the house. Yes, we got a house. No, we weren’t originally planning to move so quickly. Yes, we are insane. A week to pack and move. I grew up in a military family. This shouldn’t be too hard (I say while panicking). So, last week…