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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…

Well, we’re back from Japan, and will be posting all about it soon – if you just can’t wait and want to see photos right…

Here are a few photos from our visit to Tokyo:

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…

Links We Love Vol. 26 Incredible photos from Nepal via Creative Roots I had first-hand experience working with children who can’t read or write cursive.…

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…

Do Not Stay in a Hotel Near the Main Attractions When you get to a city, you want to see the sights. That’s why you…

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…

Delicious Food in Central Amsterdam When you head to Leidseplein Square in central Amsterdam to see a band at Milkweg or some comedy at Boom…

Oooh – beautiful watercolor & google maps mashup – via Kottke Did you read our post about De Kaaskamer in Amsterdam? If you like that, you’ll…

Tiptoe Through the Tulips on this Day Trip from Amsterdam The Dutch are very keen on horticulture. After windmills, when people think of the Netherlands,…

Hotel Tip #2 Use TripAdvisor (With a Grain of Salt) To Book Your Hotel When looking to book a hotel, a resource just as important…

Cheese Shop in Amsterdam’s 9 Streets After spending a morning shopping the impossibly cute shops in Amsterdam’s 9 Streets, you are probably starving. It takes a…

Breakfast Fare To Go In Central Amsterdam The only think worse than airport food is airplane food (well, possibly public school lunches). Airport food is…

Neat Alphabet via Quipsologies Istanbul Travel Illustration via Creative Roots What to do in Banff via Y Travel Blog Reykjavic via A Dangerous Business Awesome Collages…

Charcoal Grill in Madrid Growing up in Appleton, Wisconsin, we had a restaurant with a charcoal grill called Mr. Cinders. It was on the other…

Hotel Tip #1 Don’t Assume That Because a Hotel Is In a Guidebook, It Is Worth Staying At After you have purchased your plane tickets,…

Hands-On Science in San Francisco The scene in So I Married an Axe Murderer where Mike Myers and Nancy Travis are walking near a lagoon…