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City Travel for Families

I remember watching the wind blow old newspapers down the abandoned streets of the Mission in San Francisco, and the echoing emptiness of the normally teeming plazas in Lisbon’s Chiado. The pandemic was hard on big cities. Millions checked out, trading cramped apartments for life in the small towns. Tourism… Read More

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Life on a Secret Japanese Art Farm

Four things you can find in the country home of a Japanese eccentric and cultural luminary:  A vintage calligraphy station The dreaded mukade, centipede from hell A very loud stereo A kitchen table that can seat 20 Both times we met Teruo Kurosaki he was wearing sunglasses, indoors and at… Read More

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How to not hate Bali

The first week we spent in Bali I hated the place. We were fresh from a month in cool, clean New Zealand, and Bali was by contrast a chaotic, choked struggle. We’d been warned that Bali had evolved from the quiet paradise surfing hippies lauded back in the 80’s, but… Read More

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Broken Arms and Full Hearts

Part of our “job” is working with brands we love for hire. That can take many forms, from shooting entire collections in exotic locations to providing a few photos of us or our kids that a brand can use on their socials. Our following is modest and brands don’t really… Read More

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The Fairies Taught My World-Schooled Kid to Read

When we left Seattle four years ago to begin our life as a nomadic family, Matilda was seven years old, and she was not reading. This was a great frustration to her; her friends were already into cool books, and she felt left behind. The only school she’d attended at… Read More

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Family Gathering in Tuscany -with Emiko Davies

We are so thrilled to announce our Family Gathering in Tuscany this October, co-hosted by the incomparable Emiko Davies. We invited Emiko and her daughters to our Gathering on Andros Island in the Greek Cyclades in the Autumn of 2019. Ever since we’ve been dreaming of… Read More