I'd wanted to do Halloween in New Orleans for years, and it turned out to be even better than I anticipated. I spent an entire month in the city getting fully immersed in all the spookiness it has to offer. In New Orleans, people celebrate Halloween the entire month of October, with so many events [...]
It's been awhile since I wrote my last shop local series on Washington State! Since people loved that post, I thought it's time I write another one. This one is coming right after a trip I took to Louisiana. I want to support all the amazing business owners I met and the local products [...]
I LOVE Christmas. I don't just love it. I am obsessed with the holiday. Everything from the sparkling decorations, too hot chocolate by the fire, there isn't a time of year that beats it in terms of coziness. When I moved to Washington, I couldn't contain the excitement I felt when I realized I [...]
Life as we know it is entirely different, and I think we all know why *ahem* the virus which must not be named. If this last year has taught me anything, it's that I spend way more money during a pandemic than I do in my everyday life. I am not proud to say, but [...]
Bright sparkly lights, world-renowned DJ's, pool parties, and hordes of obnoxious drunk 20-somethings are what come to my mind when I think of Nevada, but after a recent trip, I took there, my perception of the state has completely changed. Nevada is beautiful with tons to see & do, and it has unexpectedly become one [...]
I am a bit embarrassed to admit this, so here it goes… I haven't explored much of the USA. It's actually pretty sad. You know how when you grow up somewhere you don't always appreciate it and then when you leave you suddenly wish you would have explored more? Well, that's how I felt when [...]
I live in Santa Monica. "What? No one lives in Santa Monica. Well...maybe celebrities, but not real people." Yes. That is a statement someone said to me, and it made absolutely no sense at the time, but as I have gotten older I started to understand what they meant. Santa Monica has become more [...]