Alex and Caroline go to Gallup I was not a fan of Gallup, New Mexico. When Caroline and I went out to get some pictures, we first cruised Route 66 through town to see what might be worth shooting. The answer: Not much. There were a lot of cool signs …
Travels with Caroline and Party Research Part 7 We began the second day of our final trek across Route 66 in the California high desert. As we hit the outskirts of Victorville the city and neighborhoods with streets of packed houses gave way to a desert landscape broken up by …
Travels with Caroline and Party Research Part 6 We decided to tackle the last half of Route 66 in one trip. As with the other sections we had to contend with the logistics of how to get to a starting point and either work our way to the end or …
Travels with Caroline and Party Research Part 5 The next few stops on our list were all in the small town of Cuba, Missouri. With a population well below 4,000 people, the residents of Cuba have worked hard to make it a must stop destination for travelers looking to get …
Travels with Caroline and Party Research Part 4 The second day of our journey from Chicago to Joplin, Missouri started with a great spelling debate. Really, how do you spell “ketchup”? We spell it with K-e-t-c-h-u-p, and so far our friends, Heinz, Hunts and Wikipedia all agree with us. However, …
Travels with Caroline and Party Research Part 3 When we first decided to take our party research on the road, we really figured we’d cover what we could of Route 66 over a few days at spring break and that would be it. As soon as we got home from …
Travels with Caroline and Party Research Part 2 The second day of our adventure started when we packed up our bags in Oklahoma City, ate the hotel’s “concierge breakfast” which pre-pandemic would have a had a host of options to what now looked and tasted like a Jenny Craig egg …
While we think that decorations, food, music and engaging activity are important to the success of a party, we find that there’s usually one or two of these components that really take center stage. Decorations were definitely the main focus at Death and Vodka, but we wanted to make sure …
Travels with Caroline and Party Research Part I Once we come up with a party topic, we usually do a bit of research to help us figure out food, decorations, and the game. For our Hollywood through the ages party, we researched popular food through the decades, watched a lot …
In our modern world there are so many awesome and easy ways to invite people to a shindig. For most of the entertaining we do we simply text, email, or send out evites, but for our annual theme party we like to try to set the stage for the event …
