We are bryan and jen and karma, the wonderdog.

We started www.thedangerz.com a few years ago to keep in touch with those we love but don’t see often enough, and we keep it up to give us something to look back at over the years and remember our journeys.  These days it mostly survives only so we have a photo album readily available to look back at the blur that has been our lives over the last few years.

Our journey began in E, our 1967 VW bus as we drove slowly through Mexico and Central america for a year.  We tried to find ourselves by getting lost and hoped to see life through a lens that just wasn’t possible in the day to day grind.  We didn’t know what to expect or where we would end up, but assumed it would be on a small beach somewhere warm.

Instead we found ourselves returning to and creating a “home base” in Portand, OR that can serve as a jumping off point for our travels and a place for us to call home near those we love. We converted our garage into a tiny home/adu for us to live in while someone else pays our mortgage and we make decisions based upon happiness rather than money.

We are living an unconventional and fairly nomadic lifestyle and trying to see if/prove that its possible to survive off almost nothing but enjoy life fully…even in the middle of an urban environment.  So far we’re doing just that thanks to our “creative home use plan”…

We are also offering small space design services to others looking to simplify, downsize or change their life for the better and in hopes that we can bring both our and their financial freedoms even closer.  If you have a project we can help with or a dream you want to chase…let us know how we can help!

the Dangerz?
We honestly cant tell you why the name came about, but we have several friends who started calling us the Dangers years ago, and at some point it just stuck.  It’s okay with us as we’ve grown to quite like it.  It’s also funny, since we see ourselves as anything BUT dangerous.  We’re soft and silly mostly (albeit, not quite “normal”), but we do like the name.  It’s rather like the tattoo jen wants… mostly all about floating hearts and likely all in pink, but every time we sketch it out at least one of the hearts ends up with crossbones.  Just because its cute, but also a little badass.

We still often discuss legally enacting the name change…stay tuned.

We hope you enjoy our stories, we welcome your comments, advice and ideas,
and we look forward to meeting you (or seeing you again) along the way!
bryan and jen (and karma)
aka…the dangerz

Check out their website at www.thedangerz.com