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Stories from the passenger seat

家族の旅日記

A paper notebook for the trips we actually took: Christmas at the Gaylord Texan with the kids, Bushkill Falls, a Doraemon afternoon in Ariake, pumpkin season at High Hill Ranch, and Chiikawa Bakery in Harajuku. No shop. Just the photographs, the films, and the links we wished we had printed.

空白頁

Hotel Reviews is still a blank page

Nothing is filed under hotel reviews yet. When a trip in this category is worth keeping, it will land here with photographs, a film, and the links we actually used.

All stories

Answers to pack before you leave

The practical bits from the trips: what it costs, what to skip, and the order that kept the day calm. Photographs for these stops are still being added.

  • Hotel Reviews

    Family Hotels near La Jolla, San Diego

    Rooms on the La Jolla water were more than we wanted to pay in peak summer, so we slept inland and drove to the coast. A kitchen, a grocery store, and a reservation made with the hotel itself mattered more than the lobby.

    • Book direct

      The lesson that stuck

    • 15 min

      Sorrento Valley to the cove

    • $500–$700

      Cove rates we walked away from