YOUNG LOVE MAD STYLE /// Jeremy and Taylor Pawlowski

Names/ Where you live

Jeremy and Taylor Pawlowski- Austin, TX by way of Philadelphia, PA by way of Laconia, NH

Day Job / Dream Job

Taylor- Financial aid Planner for Undergrad Art Students

Jeremy- Photographer for the University of Texas

Dream Jobs:

Taylor- stay at home mama to my dogs! Does that count? Otherwise, I would love to own a camp supply store

Jeremy-Full time travel/lifestyle photographer

Favorite thing to do together

Taylor-Drive!

Jeremy-See new places and experience new things

Craziest thing you two have done together

Rode our bicylces across the United States!

How did y'all meet?  How long have y'all been together?

We met as kiddos in our small hometown of Laconia, NH. We spent our summers fishing and swimming in the lake and winters hanging out at an indoor arcade. When we were fourteen years old we made it official one day after school at a playground while making up a secret handshake. Jeremy was the only boy I knew that would wear a nice button up shit on picture day to make his mama happy. He stole my heart! Eleven years later, he is still the sweetest man I know,

Favorite thing about your significant other.

Taylor- His drive! He doesn't give up on anything

Jeremy- Her Spontaneity!

Favorite place to shop for clothes.

Jeremy-Whatever Taylor buys me for Christmas

Taylor- Haha! I shop at Poler Stuff, H&M and Clarks for Jeremy. For me, Forever 21, Modcloth, Shop Tobi and I am really good finding good stuff at Goodwill and Salvation Army! I also cut up and sew most of the clothes I own when I am tired of them to make something new.  

What music have you been digging lately?

Lucius

Timber Timbre

Velvet Underground

Fleetwood Mac

and always Shakey Graves!

Guilty Pleasure.

Jeremy- Pizza and Harry Potter

Taylor- Twix with my morning coffee

Tell us fact we don't know about you two. funny or serious:)

We are not all dreamy landscapes and pretty pictures. Marriage is hard and we have learned that it is important to put the cameras down, close Instagram, watch "Ridiculousness" and cuddle on the couch or chat on the hammock in the backyard. Also, we drive a moderately crappy car and work boring full time jobs. We just require very little sleep and when in comes to traveling, we have been doing this for so long now that we know how to do it on a super low budget. That is our main goal with America Y'all; to inspire to get outside more! You don't have to live in a sweet RV or have a lot of money (although that would be awesome!). There is so much to explore, even if it's only a short drive from your home :)

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TIPS FOR TRAVEL /// Do Your Research

Every group needs an 'Andie'. Andie took it upon herself to read all the reviews of the Resort (OASIS CANCUN) we were going to stay at and emailed everyone a list of things we needed to bring and what to leave behind. Reading the reviews was a scary task, but someone had to do it!
Here is the email our super prepared friend sent...

Trip Information
Houston →  Cancun: leave May 30 @ 6am, arrive 12:15pm
Cancun → Houston: leave June 3 @ 8:20am, arrive 4:55pm

So, I have read a fair number of reviews. If you are expecting to stay at a luxury resort for $650 all-inclusive, then you will be disappointed just like all the other schmucks that wrote reviews for this place. My guess is that it is a party hotel and far more people don’t write reviews than do- its only the angry folks that have something to complain about.
We are going to party it up for Darin’s birthday, not going to a 5-star resort because we are old and boring. We are not old and boring. Lets learn from other people’s mistakes and plan well beforehand to ensure we have an awesome experience.

**If anyone has any other tips about what to bring to make our trip awesome, be sure to add on!

If you so desire, it seems like its very easy to upgrade to an oceanside room, not sure how much though, probably depends on time of year. These rooms are higher up and generally more quiet. Then there is “Grand Oasis” status. I think its ~$200 extra a person and includes premier access to the restaurants and clubs and more of the bells and whistles of a nice hotel. Look more into it to find better details if you want.

At the end of the day, all the reviews say the beach is absolutely stunning. Isn’t this why we are going to Cancun?!?

What to do/bring:
- Bring CASH for tips: reviews say that maids will steal from you if you don’t tip them (!) also you get better service all around (bar!) with a few dollars in tips
- Bring a lock for your suitcase!!! (keep them locked when you leave the room!)
- Bring earplugs- its a party resort, its loud if you get put on a lower floor level
- Bring sunscreen and a hat (they do have a gift shop, but probably $$$ for basic things)
- Bring your own towel or wrap for the beach- they run out of towels quickly (doubt they allow you to bring room towels to the beach)
- Get to pool and beach early (like, 6am early) and put your belongings down to claim a chair.. otherwise they will be gone by 9 or so
*** I recommend buying something like this ( I will buy 2 for Russ and I- they inflate!) if you don’t want to only lay on your towel and want to guarantee that you always have a comfy beach chair:
http://www.amazon.com/WondaWedge-Inflatable-Outdoor-Beach-Pillow/dp/B000XPMXZ2
- Bring snacks for room munching- marigold bars, almonds, nothing perishable obviously
- Make restaurant reservations early (again, like 7am early) if you don’t always want the buffet OR go into town for food and nightlife- take the bus. Very safe and only $1 per ride. Again, BRING CASH.
- A fluent Spanish speaker (woot Yvette!)

What NOT to bring:
-  VALUABLES- expensive jewelry, laptops, iPads, iPods and DSLRs UNLESS you plan to carry them with you to the beach, etc. (to lock anything up in the safe costs $5 a day)
***DO NOT leave any cash in your room. Ever. It will get stolen!
- An attitude: all the reviews say that if you are nice, the staff is very accommodating

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Added to later after Andie and I read more reviews:
- Insulated cups to keep our cocktails cold on the beach
- Candles because many people complained about the stinch. It was bad.

Wish we would of brought: 
Rain boots /// Unusual? Yes, our room flooded.
Trashbags /// Because of the hotel flood and humidity, everything we came back with was wet.

 TIPS FROM BUENO GIRLS///
> Also always bring: Tums, Advil, pepto tablets, disinfectant wipes... 
> When traveling CARRY ON! especially if you have connecting flights. Checking your bag and going through security multipule times is annoying, time consuming, and your luggage has a chance at getting lost.

BACK FROM CHATTANOOGA, TN

Photo: Beca Lewis via Tumbleweed

Hello! I'm currently working from bed. It's almost 2pm, my hair is matted and who knows what cup of coffee I'm on... John Korey and I just got in at midnight from our journey to Chattanooga to interview our friends, Beca + Doug, for The Pinpoint Method. To save some pennies and try something new, we took the Mega Bus system and it went a little something like this... Houston to Dallas (wait two hours at a Taco Hell, excuse me, Taco Bell), Dallas to Memphis (wait three hours at a gas station/subway), Memphis to Nashville (have fun on Broadway just like a good tourist should, visit Hatch Show Print), Nashville to Chattanooga! Our stay with Beca and Doug was incredible. So incredible, that John Korey and I missed our first bus back to Nashville from Chattanooga. Luckily, there was another one an hour later and it didn't mess up any of the remaining connecting buses we had already purchased tickets for.

Today will be my day to catch up. I have footage to upload, sift through and post on ThePinpointMethod.com, more to post here on MMBB about our Chattanooga adventures, shirt orders to send out, and more of the BTS stuff that I won't bore you with. I hope you are having a wonderful week! Check back later for sneak peeks from the road.

Beca, Doug, we miss the hell out of ya already.

xo!

PS Beca posted about our visit on her blog, Tales Of A Tumbleweed. Check it out.