Imagine this: You’re standing on a second story balcony on Bourbon Street watching the crazy, likely drunken crowd roam around beneath you, and throwing beads at them if they “earn them”. There is a man walking down the street with a goofy smile playing the washboard that is strapped to his chest, and randomly joins […]
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WhiteAlbum Challenge | Dapper Day, Spring 2015
I may be in need of an intervention. This addiction is getting serious, like taking over my life serious. I just can’t get enough… JUST KIDDING don’t freak people, I’m talking about cameras. If you were to look up “tourist” in the dictionary, yours truly would be the picture next to it, solely because of […]
World Watching Hits Its Second Anniversary!
I recently hit my two year anniversary of World Watching, so first off, cheers! *clinks champagne flutes* And second, where has the time gone?! It feels like ages ago that I took off for London, the trip that triggered this snowballing feeling of wanderlust and has taken over my life. That shy girl who was […]
2014 Giants World Series Champions Parade
October means more than Halloween in the Bay Area; it is Orange October. With World Series Championships in 2010 and 2012, the San Francisco Giants made it an “Even 3” when they won against the Kansas City Royals on October 28th. As tradition goes, a parade was held in celebration, and it just so happened […]
Get Your Kicks On Route 66! | Disposable Camera Challenge Pt. 3
Road trip #2, check! The first one was to get to school and this trip was to get away from it (for Fall Break, relax mothers, no new dropouts) I flew to Los Angeles to join some great friends on a road trip to the Grand Canyon back in October, and what would a lengthy […]
Back To The Future: Disneyland Edition
If you know me, or have held even a five minute conversation with me, you most likely know that I could go on for hours about all things Disney. Disneyland is by far one of my most favorite things in life, it’s an ideal world to travel to within this crazy world. My most recent […]
Anaheim Adventures
Another trip, another post! It has been just under one month since I have returned from Colorado, but it feels more like a year. I’ve always known I love to travel and thrive from it but this just proves that my case of Wanderlust is growing more extreme and there’s only one cure for it… more […]
Snapshots: Cabo San Lucas
When the man that scans your boarding pass at your airlines gate is wearing a San Francisco Giants sombrero, you know you’re in for a good week! Mid August the Bates family departed on a long awaited family vacation to Baja California! We stayed at the stunning Hacienda Del Mar just outside Cabo San Lucas […]
Gas Stations & Guard Rails | Disposable Camera Challenge Pt. 2
At some point in life everyone has to take a good ol’ American road trip, right? Well I can check that off the bucket list now! After spending the summer on opposite coasts, my best friend and I (accompanied by a mountain bike and disposable camera) crossed through five states to get her back to Colorado […]
Kwaheri, Kenya!
Whenever I talk about going to or having been to Kenya, the responses I receive in return are a bit jumbled. There’s a lot of “wow!” and inquiries about safety, as well as the occasional “oh cool…and where’s that?”. Maybe it’s just on my radar more-so than others because my friend Zaneta lives there, but […]
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