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Bring Your Gadgets’ Accessories Remember your first Discman? It took 24 AA batteries and would skip if you tilted it to see which track you…

Lovely Gardens in the Center of Tokyo Tokyo is a pulsating metropolis. Jam-packed sidewalks and a dizzying array of trains, subways, buses and taxis that…

Brunch in Bayview Honeypie Cafe in Bayview, Milwaukee is uses fresh, local ingredients to make Wisconsin style food. What is Wisconsin style food you ask?…

Bayview’s Best Coffee One of the best places for coffee in Madison is the Victory. Located on Atwood Avenue on the East side, this tiny…

Bring Your Own Food on the Airplane “Chicken or beef?” You hear the flight attendant ask the question. You try to peer around the food…

The East Side of Madison’s Best Coffee “I feel like coffee,” she says. “I want ice cream,” he says. The solution? The Victory. Located on…

Family-Friendly Park in Taito, Tokyo Any big city worth its salt has a large public park where its citizens can congregate, relax and while away…

Recharge on This Daytrip From Amsterdam Leiden is steeped in history. It is home to Rembrandt Van Rijn, one of Europe’s oldest universities and the…

When It Rains, It Pours Keeping your clothes dry is important at home where you have access to a washer and dryer and a closet…

The Namesake of the Cheese in  Noord Holland  L&A HQ is located in America’s Dairyland, and we eat our (more than) fair share of cheese.…

Electric Avenue and More After WWII, Japan began rebuilding. Roads and homes were constructed, people went to school and new consumer products were all the…

Here’s a roundup of Kindra’s favorite things to make traveling easier. Fabric Band-Aids – for treating blisters and covering cuts and scrapes. I like these bandaids…

Travel Tip #28: Pack a Swimsuit I enjoy swimming. Not the lap swimming you see at the Y or the kind that requires deep concentration.…

Hidden Church near Amsterdam’s Red Light District The Dutch government has a history of  tolerance. Take a few steps from Centraal Station and smell the marijuana…

Old-Fashioned Drive-In Movie Theater In Jefferson Thirty miles east of Madison, just outside of Jefferson, lies a place that will take you back to a…

The perfect Summer (or Spring or Fall) Day in Madison So you are in Madison for a day and the weather is just too gorgeous…

Hotel Tip #4 Beware of Hotel Cancellation Policies. Most major hotels do not charge you until you check out and will allow you to cancel…

Canoe Trip In Waupaca, Wisconsin Between Stevens Point and Appleton, just off of US 10 lies a slice of paradise in Waupaca: 22 spring-fed lakes…

Eight Hours in the Brew City Whenever L&A goes to a city, we head for their art museum and brewery. To my knowledge, these do…

Biking and Beer in Lake Mills, Wisconsin One of the best things about living in Wisconsin is that the state is crisscrossed with bike trails…

Twenty Hours in Norway’s Capital City Olso is pretty far north and in the summer that means it gets late well, late. This is no…