Not Ready to Commit - CampEats' Guide to Borrowing Gear

March 21, 2016Random Outdoor, Trip Planning, TravelJohanna Stein

So getting outside and camping for the first time can be expensive if you buy all of your own gear. But that doesn't have to be the case. There are two ways to borrow outdoor essentials (tent, sleeping bag, ground pad, stove, cook/eat-wear).

What they don't teach you at an elite university - How to start a fire

March 15, 2016Random Outdoor, How To Videos, TravelJohanna Stein

I love my husband Dan so much! But sometimes he does things and my only response is face - palm. We had one of those moments over the weekend.

Mexican Glamping Inspiration - Getting Outside Winter Edition

March 2, 2016Random OutdoorJohanna Stein

To celebrate a milestone birthday for my husband he and I recently went on our first hard-core "Glamping" adventure in Mexico. Our friends Alex and Becky were also kind enough to take a break from the cold New England weather and join us.

Everything but the camping - building CampEats

January 19, 2016Random Outdoor, Business, ProductsJohanna Stein

I am sitting here in what could be considered a bit of a disaster of a house and I am realizing It has been really a busy few weeks here at CampEats. No actual camping but lots of outdoor related fun. (My husband building mini campers - that is outdoor related right?)

What is camping?

January 12, 2016Random OutdoorJohanna Stein

When you Google camping you'll find this seemingly straightforward definition. But when you dig a little deeper camping can basically be almost anything. The Wikipedia entry even defines it by saying "There is no universally held definition of what is and what is not camping." They rather choose to define it by the intent to spend time in the outdoors and the inclusion of typical activities.

Napa and Sonoma Inspiration

January 4, 2016Random Outdoor, TravelJohanna Stein

To celebrate the new year and get inspired we took a weekend trip up to Napa and Sonoma with some foodie friends from Chicago. On our adventure, we explored several wineries that are "family businesses". CampEats is like a newborn compared with these established, multi-generational, powerhouses that have grown from someone's dream to sustainable enterprises. I wanted to share a few of their stories and

Last Hike of 2015 - thoughts on the year

December 31, 2015Random OutdoorJohanna Stein

2015 has been one complex year for our small family. It will go down as the year we made our commitment "official". We also closed a few chapters and started some new ones including starting CampEats. This afternoon we went on a magical hike on Mount Sutro here in San Francisco.

S'mores and More our first Fireside Gathering was a Success

December 21, 2015Events, Business, Random Outdoor, RecipesJohanna Stein

A big thank you to everyone who came out last weekend to make s'mores with us at our first Fireside Gathering. We had a ton of fun and we've been able to gather a few "findings" about s'mores. To help distil them for your use we've created a top 10 list of what I like to call S'more Science. And let me tell you we used rigorous testing methodologies. Though they may have been clouded by the copious amounts of sugar from all the sweets, but we'll still share them in the name of all things that are fun about camping.