Lucca: wrapped in a wall of culture
We love Tuscany and everything about it, the landscape, the food, the wine. Recently we got a chance to visit Lucca, a medieval walled city west of Florence which several friends have recommended as...
Author: Valerie Antkowiak
Three Days in Cinque Terre (via Genoa)
We love Italy and we love the outdoors so we have been looking forward to visiting the Cinque Terre, the famous Italian “five towns” on the Mediterranean. We tried to go a few years...
Milan: Easy Travel and the Last Supper
We have both traveled to Milan for business, together and separately. Milan is in the north and the largest business center in Italy, the heart of the country’s banking and fashion industry. The metro...
Smart Apps and Travel Tips for Italy in the Fall
Last fall we traveled to Italy to see a few new places and revisit two of our favorites. We share our insights to help you plan for your next trip.
Organic Smart Home Cooking with Sunbasket
We share our experience with Sunbasket organic meal kits. While we love to cook, we don’t love planning meals. Without a plan, we generally default to easy recipes that are not good for us...
Joule Home Sous Vide: Cook like a TV Chef
After admiring a lot of television chefs, we can now cook sous vide at home with the Joule by ChefSteps. Watching cooking shows taught me that so much restaurant cooking comes from classic French...
Preventing water damage with Guardian
We installed the Guardian Leak Prevention System Plus and feel safer knowing we can automatically shut off our home’s water to prevent water damage. Water Leak: False Alarm We use our garbage disposal a...
Lowe’s Iris Shuts Down
We have used the Lowe’s Iris smart home hub on and off since 2014. We share our thoughts on the end of the Iris service. Yesterday Lowe’s notified us that Iris is closing their...
Our 29 Favorite CES 2019 Smart Home Gadgets
We highlight our favorite CES smart home gadgets we are looking forward to exploring in 2019. Every year after we attend CES, everyone wants to know – what was the best thing you saw...
State of the Smart Home 2019 – Observations from CES
We share our view on the smart home market after our visit to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. After an exciting (and exhausting!) week of walking all over Las Vegas, chatting with...