Chuck and I are both originally from Philadelphia. He grew up just across the bridge in South Jersey and moved into Philly right out of high school, and I grew up in the northern burbs, moved around after college, and moved back a few years before meeting Chuck. We really miss Philly food, there…
With almost a week on a Florida barrier island where the Tampa Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico, you are bound to have amazing seafood. During the week, we ate our fair share. Here are a few of the places we checked out on Anna Maria Island. The Feast Restaurant Located at 5406 Marina…
Sometimes when you are on vacation, happy accidents happen and fortunately for us, we found The Doctors Office. We were headed to dinner our first night on vacation, we chose a place in a strip center we had passed on the way onto the island but found nearly an hour wait. We took a…
If you have been following along on our Instagram page (@MarkAndChucksAdventures) you’ll see that we did a little “staycation” and spent the week at the beach. Last year Chuck attended a local Tampa charity event with friends of ours, and they all bid on an auction item, a week on Anna Maria Island. Anna…
We both do lots of research on wherever it is that we are planning to travel on vacation. We follow our fellow bloggers and vloggers on Youtube to find the best street food, sites of interest and also about the local culture. Travel site, Triptipedia, recently featured one of our blogs “7 Interesting Travel…
I started to write this blog post three times, and three times I was at a loss. If you have ever met me, I am rarely at a loss for words. Chuck and I are staying local through the end of the year, with a few trips around Florida. St Petersburg is our home, so…
Everyone goes to the bathroom. It’s just something we just don’t talk about. But when you are traveling finding bathrooms, and navigating bathrooms around the world is no easy fete. Squat toilets are not the only challenge to travel and bathrooms. Check out the tips for using bathrooms we shared with Triptipedia!
If you have followed our travels on Mark and Chuck’s Adventures for more than a minute, you know how much we LOVE street food. Anywhere we travel we look for street food tours and wander on our own. A considerable portion of our travel research when we pick a destination is following our favorite YouTube vloggers…
One of the first places we discovered, even before moving to St Petersburg, is Mazzaro’s Italian Market. This is heaven! Neither Chuck nor I were born Italian, but we have both grown up surrounded by Italians. Our first house together was in the Italian Market in Philadelphia. And my mom learned to cook, as a…
One of our favorite day trips is heading south, about an hour, to Sarasota. I’m a bit of a circus nut and have been to the circus numerous times. During my childhood, I was able to juggle three pins, ride a unicycle (not at the same time) and really wanted to go to Ringling Brothers…