Tales of the Traveling Tote 45 and a Giveaway

Welcome to our 45th edition 

of Tales of the Traveling Tote.

Women from all over the country 

share where their 

MacKenzie-Childs totes have 

gone.  It is fun to see the 

travels and add places 

to your bucket lists.  

I am going to start with an 

upcoming change to our 

posts.  Starting in 2026 we 

will be only posting every 

four months instead of 

three, so we will have another 

post on January 15, 2026, 

so look forward to another 

post very, very soon. 

Miss Madi K and I have 

had some fun these past 

few months.  

We are on our way 

to Cabo for Thanksgiving. 

We will be joining three 

other couples who are 

empty nesters this year too. 

The Salt Lake airport 

was decorated for the 

holidays in new ways 

this year, so we had to 

stop and take fun photos.

We have a new to us 

farm to table restaurant 

that is just a ten minute 

drive from our home 

called El Huerto.  

It has a beautiful garden 

and a really unique outdoor 

covered eating space.  We 

had eaten here on our last 

visit, but only for dinner.  

On Thanksgiving we went 

here for breakfast and loved 

it even more.

We asked the waiter about 

the Chocolate Brownie Pancakes 

and he said, "They are more like 

a dessert."  We all said, "Sounds 

good to us!"  

They were amazing.

My husband ordered 

Short Rib Breakfast 

Burrito and you can see 

it was surrounded by 

a mountain of incredible 

greens.  Their growing 

gardens out front are 

so beautiful.  Our waiter 

said they have another 

farm too where they 

grow even more.

This is their Avocado Croissant!

What a fun twist on avocado 

toast.  The croissant was 

toasted on the open side. 

I think I will have to try 

making this.

Their signature dish is the 

El Huerto French Toast.

I have never had French 

toast like this.  It literally 

melted in our mouths. 

We set the table in the 

dining area for our dinner 

after a day of fun in the sun 

and spoiled ourselves with 

food we had delivered. 

One of our dear friends 

brought in her suitcase 

7 Days of Joy - a gift 

for each day for each couple. 

Today's gift was this cute 

turkey box with goodies in it. 

We started with this amazing 

shrimp salad and had 

pastas everyone picked 

for our dinner. 

This was our view of the 

sunset as we ate our 

Thanksgiving meal and 

told things we were thankful 

for.  You can imagine, people 

were especially thankful to 

be here in Cabo. 

The sunrise the next day 

was just as spectacular.

After a BYU football win, 

we celebrated Saturday 

in the pool with a great 

charcuterie. 

It was a wonderful 

Thanksgiving week.

Now on to the giveaway.

Leave me a comment below 

to have a chance to win these 

fun make up remover pads.  

As hosts, we love having 

make up remover pads 

so that guests don't ruin 

our white washcloths.  

These are so pretty and fun.

Also, spend a few minutes 

and visit our other ladies 

and see where they have been 

off to. 

Jackie and Miss Madi K @ Purple Chocolat Home (you are here)

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

Patti with Miss Kenzie and Miss Taylor @ Pandora's Box

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Ricki Jill and Countess de Monet @The Bookish Dilettante

Those who follow me on FB 

know I was all decorated 

for Christmas before we 

left and even had a family 

party.  I had to include this 

picture of my decorated 

golf cart.  We got the 

inspiration from this from 

the Christmas Movie 

Haul Out the Holly!

Thanks for visiting 

during this busy 

time of year.