It’s that time of year again! Jenn and I have spent time independently looking back at the year that was and talking about some of our favorite things from 2018. From TV shows to vacation stops, to memories, we’ve written down our favorites from 2018, and here they are!

One of my goals in 2019 was to eat at a dozen Michelin star restaurants in the year. We hit that goal and thought it would be fun to rank the places we ate at from #12 to #1. We did these rankings completely separate from each other but our lists are close to identical. My one takeaway though from these extraordinary meals was watching chefs at the top of their games, doing something better than almost anyone in the world and we had a seat at the table to take it in, enjoy a glass of wine, and enjoy their art. I feel insanely privileged to have been able to experience the amazing culinary adventures that we did in 2019.

Each year Jenn and I compile a list ranking the TV we watched over that past year. This year we just watched more TV than any other year. Part of that is that we stayed home more both because of Frasier and we traveled less in 2019. The good news is it was a phenomenal year for TV and I can speak for both Jenn and I when I say that ranking this year was harder than ever.

Each year when I sit down to write my year-in-review it is as much about looking back as it about looking ahead. Of any year I’ve written one of these years-in-review, 2018 is a year that I want to make sure I capture, because it was a time of incredible travel, major milestones, small simple moments and tremendous life altering change. And so without further ado I give you our 2018 year in review. 

It’s that time of year again! Jenn and I have spent times independently looking back at the year that was and talking about some of our favorite things from 2018. From TV shows, to vacation stops, to memories, we’ve written down our favorites from 2018, and here they are!

I began writing these year-in-review posts in 2007. It's the longest running tradition on my blog and remains one of my favorite posts to write each year. It's an opportunity for me to sit down and reflect on the year that was. It's also an opportunity to go back and read about previous years and compare. Before writing this post I read all of my year-end posts and I can tell you that each year has its fair share of peaks of valleys. And yet what I found even more interesting was not those moments but the days, weeks and months following those peaks and valleys.