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Seattle Central Library, Seattle, WA

April 10, 2012Jessica Leave a Comment

Discovered the library as I was trying to figure out what to do in Seattle, in the first solo vacation I’ve ever taken where I took the Amtrak Coast Starlight from San Jose, CA up through Portland to finally arrive… Continue Reading →

Culture, Seattle, Travel Photos, Travels culture, library, read, seattle, travel, wa, wanderlust, washington

Mono Lake, CA

March 16, 2012Jessica 1 Comment

There’s what you want and then there’s what you’ll settle for. Mono Lakes Tufa State Reserve was what we settled for. Not to say it wasn’t amazing, remarkable and beautiful, but it just wasn’t what my heart was set on.… Continue Reading →

Nevada, Travel Photos, Travels monolake, roadlesstraveled, roadtrip, travel, vacation

Point Reyes, CA

August 19, 2010Jessica Leave a Comment

Every year around my birthday I try to take a day off to explore and take photographs. My inspirations usually circle around a couple main subjects which always are visually stunning: abandoned places, architecture or landscapes. For 2010 I had… Continue Reading →

Photos california, photography, pointreyes, road less traveled, road trip, roadlesstraveled, roadtrip, travel

Pulgas Water Temple – Redwood City, CA

September 8, 2009Jessica Leave a Comment

Every day off is usually spent on a quest to seek out pretty things. Through researching on Yelp I found the Pulgas Water Temple! I packed a classic sandwich brown bag lunch and headed over. Upon arrival, I discovered that… Continue Reading →

Photos, San Francisco bayarea, california, day-off, offthebeatenpath, redwoodcity, sfbayarea, travel, travels

Filoli Gardens – Woodside, CA

June 28, 2009Jessica Leave a Comment

Words don’t do this place justice. Cindy C. and I had been planning to go to Filoli Gardens for maybe a year now. Last Sunday we spontaneously accomplished this goal. We arrived late whereby we only had an hour left… Continue Reading →

Photos, San Francisco beautiful, california, events, eventspace, garden, gardens, woodside

London, England

February 27, 2009Jessica Leave a Comment

Staying with Matt in London. Visiting Apple HQ along with some stores and discovering that there are great things to eat in the UK despite what everyone says.

Abroad, Photos england, london, travel, uk, vacation, wanderlust

Lisbon, Portugal

February 24, 2009Jessica Leave a Comment

Exploring the streets of Sintra, we walked along the waterfront of Belem and in the city of Lisbon.

Abroad, Photos 2009, lisbon, photography, photos, portugal, sintra, travel, travelblogger, vacation, wanderlust

Barcelona, Spain

February 19, 2009Jessica Leave a Comment

Adventuring in Barcelona and soaking in street art and the architecture of Gaudi.

Abroad, Travel Photos, Travels photos, travel, vacation, wanderlust

Muir Woods – Mill Valley, CA

August 22, 2008Jessica Leave a Comment
Photos hike, millvalley, muirwoods, nature

City Hall – San Jose, CA

July 18, 2008Jessica Leave a Comment
Photos architecture, buildings, cityhall, sanjose, sanjosecityhall

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