Starting off our honeymoon with a few days exploring Cape Town, South Africa. Em's dream trip for the last 10 years or so!

Possibly our most looked forward to part of the honeymoon... elephants, lions, rhinos, and giraffes, we're coming for ya!

Hilltop town on the coast of Sicily! We'll be exploring Mt. Etna, vineyards, and the beaches!

Last stop of the honeymoon. We'll be wrapping things up with historical sites and plenty of Italian food!

We are looking forward to learning more about South African history.

Our new favorite, LGBTQ+/women owned, local wine bar in Belmont Shore! We love to stop in for a glass of wine and their famous Sicilian meatballs (made with one of the owner's Sicilian family recipes.)

Our local wine tasting spot in downtown Long Beach. We love to stop in for wine tasting, an appetizer, and pick up our favorite bottle, "Big Daddy Red!"

After dating for a few months, we finally we had our first public date here! This was our second stop on the scavenger hunt the night Emilie proposed!

One of our favorite date spots with amazing gnocchi and a very cute patio!

If you know Jessica, then you know pizza is her favorite!

French Onion Soup for Jess and Buffalo Cauliflower for Em, and we are two happy girls!

One of Em’s favorite weekend activities and where Jessica proposed!

Home to Emilie's favorite salsa and Jessica's favorite birria in Long Beach!

Note the subtle rainbows on the glasses! :D

Jess LOVES to host and prepare apps and snacks for our guests! This will be a perfect addition to our kitchen!

Can’t wait to use our acrylic glasses hanging out in our backyard and future hot tub!

Franschhoek is a town in South Africa with centuries-old vineyards and Cape Dutch architecture. We can't wait to taste more wines from around the world!

Can't wait to see the Cape Penguins!

Nica loves to travel with her moms. We last flew with her to Portland!

We can't wait to learn about and explore the volcanic region and the wine it produces!

One of our neighborhood favorites! This was our first stop on the scavenger hunt the night Emilie proposed to Jessica!

We can't wait to off-road the slopes of the volcano and lava deserts!

During our trip to Napa/Sonoma, we became members at a local tasting room. We can't wait for our next trip!

One of our favorite days!!! Sidecar ride through the vineyards.

We work in education… need we say more?