Wisetrips Travel Blog

With Covid-19 mostly gone, we are happy to move into 2023! Let's hope for better tidings. 2022 in Review Highlights  Jobs (Inna accepted an excellent position at Drata) A month-long workation in Boston Day trips to Portland, Maine, New Hampshire, Newport, and Cape Cod Mini-trip to the Berkshires A month-long workation in San Francisco Learning to wing foil in Crissy Field Enjoying two short trips…

For Valentine's Day , I made a reservation (via OpenTable ) for 5:15 p.m. on Sunday, February 14th, at our favorite Palo Alto restaurant,  Evvia .  Evvia serves authentic Greek entrees, and we really like the high-quality dishes. When we arrived at 17:20, I was surprised by how easy it was to find parking. Usually, Palo Alto downtown is quite busy (especially on Valentine's Day). After parking, we waited a few minut…

Ah, 2020 be gone!  With COVID-19 changing our lives (mainly for the worse), we are happy to move into 2021! I look forward to a time when wearing masks is no longer required, when lines to Whole Foods are a distant memory, and when I can sip my Philharmonic coffee at Philz  and enjoy my freshly baked croissants at Fleur de Cocoa. Despite COVID-19 in 2020, we have a lot to be thankful for. Highlights Health (I had no U…

The day after Thanksgiving, Inna and I decided to explore Half Moon Bay. She visited Half Moon Bay a few weeks ago and liked the immense beach and the surrounding restaurants. The drive from San Jose was relatively short, taking about an hour. When we arrived, we parked on Ave Portola. Near Surfer's Beach . Since Inna was a bit hungry (she hadn't eaten breakfast), we decided to have lunch before walking a few miles …

For this peculiar COVID-19 Thanksgiving, we decided to skip the standard Turkey preparation. We decided to grill fresh Ribeye steaks (along with asparagus and mushrooms), serve freshly prepared cranberry sauce, and have salad. Alex, Inna, and I enjoyed the delicious Ribeye steaks, cooked to Medium-rare on the Weber grill, while Vladik ate his grilled chicken.   It was a somewhat melancholy occasion, as I remembered …

Having never been to Sedona or the Grand Canyon, my wife decided it would be fun to travel to Arizona during the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday. She found inexpensive airline tickets on Southwest Airlines from San Jose to Phoenix, Flight #1984, departing at 7:35 p.m. from San Jose and arriving in Phoenix at 10:25 p.m. She looked into several hotels and resorts and finally settled on the Hilton Sedona Resort at…