Our 10-day Australia Itinerary
Our Australia itinerary included Sydney, Jervis Bay, Canberra and Melbourne, 10 days by car and plane. We began our 10-day Australia itinerary with a direct flight from San Francisco to Sydney. We’ve both taken...
Author: Valerie Antkowiak
Our Journey with SmartThings
Update December 13, 2021: Samsung no longer builds the SmartThings Hub, but the app is still up to date and working well. Aeotec now sells the current version of the SmartThings Hub. Over the...
Our 40-day Australia and New Zealand Tour
We share our experiences and what we learned during our Australia and New Zealand Tour, to help you plan your own getaway down under. In the fall of 2017, we did an epic 40-day...
Smart Garage Door Opener – Chamberlain MyQ
The Chamberlain MyQ smart garage door opener was one of the first products we reviewed and it remains one of our favorite smart home devices. Keeping you sane Everyone with a garage can relate....
Get Smarter about Digestion: FoodMarble AIRE Review
About ten years ago we gave up eating beef. We aren’t vegetarians – we still eat pork, lamb, chicken and turkey, but we stopped eating beef to try to have a healthier diet. Instead...
Meal delivery services: the ultimate guide to smart cooking
We summarize our four favorite meal delivery services, for easy shopping, planning and eating at home. If you’re stuck at home and looking for more interesting dinner options, now is a great time to...
2020 Hyundai Santa Fe Smart Tech
In 2016 we got a new car to replace our old Ford Escape Hybrid. The car was getting tired and needed to be replaced, especially the electronics. The navigation system would sometimes reset itself...
Best CES 2020 Smart Home Tech
Every year we head to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to search for the best new smart home tech. After miles of walking around the show and two after-hours special events, we...
CES 2020: Smart Home Insights
2020 marked our fourth consecutive year at CES in Las Vegas. Year after year, it is still the best place to see what is new in the technology world and we found plenty of...
Insights from the 2019 Smart Home Summit
We recently had the opportunity to attend the Smart Home Summit, an intimate gathering of smart home leaders in San Francisco. Through two days of great presentations and networking, it was hard for us...