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Dear Family, Friends, and Co-workers, Many of you are probably aware that the family and I had scheduled a move to Hawaii for later thi...

Queenstown On the bike path from Arrowtown to Gibbston Valley Every time I visit Queenstown, I am shocked by the number of tourists. E...

South by South (sort of) Jancie's favourite thing about the Moeraki Boulders?  Getting her hands muddy, of course. The thin...

Road Trip (Part I) We used to take these expensive tandeming vacations to far off and exotic places, most recently (if you can call 2009 ...

Camping We have made plans several times to go camping since moving to New Zealand, but had not gotten closer than glamping until this ...

Tongariro Crossing II Discovery Lodge cabins and Mount Ngauruhoe   Chateau Tongariro and Mount Ruapehu A visiting cousin seemed l...

We decided to get out of town for a low key Kiwi New Year's. Not too far out of town, but far enough to realize forgetting garbage bags ...

So this is Christmas This year, we were invited to a friend's house for a barbecue on December 25th. Although the friend in question i...

Rainy Day My last post seems to have inspired a little home improvement fever in the Laskos. We have a conservatory (solarium to you Amer...

Four more years The calendar has reminded me that we moved into our art deco beauty exactly four years ago today...which means that we...