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Travel the world and eat your salad, too: Welcome to the new Where Is Your Toothbrush?

February 1, 2017

We started Where Is Your Toothbrush? in Spring 2013 with the idea that we can be home anywhere in the world. We re-imagined the idea of home to travel around the globe, making a home wherever we were."Home is where your toothbrush is," went the motto, prov... Continue reading →

How travel inspires entrepreneurship: The story of The Salad Lobby

November 19, 2016

Eat

Even though we returned from our yearlong round-the-world trip just over two years ago, it seems like we've been back for a long time.That's not a bad thing.The memories and everything we've discovered and learned are well alive. In fact, one of our ex... Continue reading →

Shoulder season travel - Eastern Slovakia

Shoulder season travel: Summer winds down, we hit the road

September 5, 2015

Explore

Does summer usually mean more traveling for you? Is it the time you typically drag out the tent and head to the beach for that coveted campsite you reserved months ago? It seems like most of Oregon’s population, and probably many of our neighbors to the south,... Continue reading →

Best Oregon Pilsner - Baerlic Pilsner at Belmont Station

Heaven at home: Finding the best Oregon Pilsner

June 25, 2015

Drink

When I moved to the U.S. in 2003 I was skeptical about microbrews. Having been raised on Czech/Slovak lagers of the pilsner variety, the various production of the burgeoning Oregon craft brew industry exceeded my palate's tolerance level. It took me years—unti... Continue reading →

A weekend trip: Astoria, Oregon

May 6, 2015

Drink, Explore

Perched on northern-most tip of the Oregon Coast, Astoria is not a beach destination like its neighbors to the south. Except for a few views from higher elevations, it’s far from pretty and even a tiny bit funky: arrive to town from the east and one of the fir... Continue reading →

How to do McMenamins: A guide to the funky Northwest empire

March 18, 2015

Explore

If Portland, Oregon, is the city "where young people go to retire," then McMenamins is our country club.The ubiquitous chain scattered throughout Oregon and Washington is akin to an adult Disneyland: playgrounds with booze, movies, and rock shows. Starting... Continue reading →

Two Toothbrushes interview: We Are From Latvia

March 13, 2015

Toothbrushism

The longer we travel, the more couples like us we discover or even meet. Like us they dreamed about traveling, like us they made the big trip happen, and like us they document their experiences online. In the Two Toothbrushes traveler interview series we intro... Continue reading →

No photo, no cry: A travel writer’s non-dilemma

March 12, 2015

Travel Zen

Last Sunday Lindsay and I took a bike ride through North Portland to St. Johns. It was a glorious, crisp day, the kind we get here in Portland, Oregon, as the wet winter tilts toward the spring rain season. Daffodils, crocuses, and magnolias swayed in bloom, h... Continue reading →