Trip Report: A trip to the bridge and Victoria, British Columbia
Ed. Note: This is part five in our six-part series of “Trip Reports” from our recent trip to Seattle, British Columbia and Alaska aboard the Celebrity Solstice. You may also enjoy parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. After recovering somewhat from our death-march in Skagway the day before, we headed down to our favorite on-ship bar, Cellar Masters, […]
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Trip Report: Shore Excursions in Juneau and Skagway
Ed. Note: This is part four in our six-part series of “Trip Reports” from our recent trip to Seattle, British Columbia and Alaska aboard the Celebrity Solstice. You may also enjoy parts 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. After meeting the ship back in port at the end our catamaran excursion, we had plenty of time to explore before our shore excursions in […]
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Trip Report: Lumberjacks in Ketchikan and Tracy Arm Strait
Ed. Note: This is part three in our six-part series of “Trip Reports” from our recent trip to Seattle, British Columbia and Alaska aboard the Celebrity Solstice. You may also enjoy parts 1, 2, 4, 5, & 6. After departing Seattle, and getting to know our ship better on our first sea day, it was time for […]
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Trip Report: Our Review of the Celebrity Solstice, 7-Day Cruise to Alaska
Ed. Note: This is part two in our six-part series of “Trip Reports” from our recent trip to Seattle, British Columbia and Alaska aboard the Celebrity Solstice. You may also enjoy parts 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. After a great day exploring Seattle, it was time to get cruising! We had booked a Concierge […]
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Trip Report: Seattle’s Hotel 1000, Mamnoon, and Canon Whiskey Emporium
Ed. Note: This is part one in our six-part series of “Trip Reports” from our recent trip to Seattle, British Columbia and Alaska aboard the Celebrity Solstice. You may also enjoy parts 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. This post may contain affiliate links. After counting down the days and waiting a whole extra month after our anniversary, […]
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Am I a Crazy Cruise Prepper?! (Umm…Possibly.)
Here at Unintended Domesticity HQ, we’re getting pretty excited about our next big trip: a 7-day Alaska cruise out of Seattle, with passage through the picturesque Tracy Arm Strait. We can’t wait! This will be our third cruise overall, and while I’m always a little OCD about creating a packing list in advance of a trip […]
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How a Quick Phone Call Earned Me 12,000 Points
Around this time last year, I talked about how we’d just started a new round of card churning with the Citi Prestige and Citi Premier cards. It was a good combo – we earned 100,000 Citi ThankYou Points between the card bonuses, as well as a lot of extra perks from the Prestige card alone. To […]
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Skinny Margaritas for Cinco De Mayo!
It’s Cinco De Mayo, that day when white people appropriate Hispanic culture without any knowledge of the day’s historical background at all, but, hey, margaritas, amirite?! We’re back on a low carb kick here in the Unintended Domesticity household, so for me, any celebratory margaritas have to be of the skinny variety. Luckily, I’ve spent […]
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Home Improvement 101: Faking Recessed Lighting
The house my hubby and I call home was built in 1982, and so like many homeowners whose houses were created in this era of tackiness, I’ve been on a mission to eliminate the outdated and garish decor elements from my home for sometime now. This has included getting rid of brass hinges and doorknobs, […]
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Trip Report: Weekend in San Antonio, Part Two
Don’t miss part one – link here: Weekend in San Antonio, Part One Once we’d gotten everything sorted with our hotel for the weekend, it was time to have a little fun! That’s why we were in San Antonio, after all. We started things out with a stroll down the Riverwalk from the hotel where we saw […]
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