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Santa Barbara: Planned My Vacation Via TikTok

August 16, 2021Jessica Leave a Comment
beautiful turkish candy store entryway

But I thought you loved planning. I’m good at planning, and I do this for a living. What I love, and think is a constant motivator, is seeing how something I planned impacts people. I enjoy comparing how the plan… Continue Reading →

Travels

Grouse Mountain – Vancouver, BC

June 8, 2019Jessica Leave a Comment

A defeated spirit takes longer to heal than muscles and bones. I have not really wanted to scale mountains since Kilimanjaro. I mean, I absolutely continued to do it anyway, like completing Half Dome last summer, but none of it… Continue Reading →

Abroad, Travels

oculus – new york, ny

March 16, 2019Jessica Leave a Comment

Them: What are you going to do in New York? Me: I’ve been dying to visit the Oculus. Their eyes light up they think it’s related to Oculus VR when I jump back in… Me: No no not Oculus VR,… Continue Reading →

New York, Travel Photos, Travels

On Safari, Tanzania

January 15, 2018Jessica Leave a Comment

While I was planning this adventure I figured as long as I was in Tanzania, I might as well check out a safari since I wasn’t sure if after Kilimanjaro I’d ever make my way back to Africa again. Another… Continue Reading →

Abroad, Travel Photos, Travels

Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

January 10, 2018Jessica 1 Comment

On the journey home I was texting with CB. Me: I can’t wait to see you when I get back. CB: Me too. I wonder if you’ve changed (because of this trip). As I type this, I still don’t have… Continue Reading →

Abroad, Bucket List, Travels

The Last Bookstore – Los Angeles, CA

October 23, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

I don’t want to spend time doing something or anything, let’s just go digital. Someone said that to me recently, and I could not understand it. It seems like the world has become reliant on delivery and instant gratification with… Continue Reading →

Los Angeles, Travels

Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA

September 11, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

Him: What are you doing over the long weekend? Me: We’re going to listen to John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl, I’m so excited! Him: Sorry Jessica, I’m not that hip. I don’t know who John Williams is. Me: You… Continue Reading →

Culture, Entertainment, Los Angeles

Abandoned LA Zoo – Los Angeles, CA

September 2, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

Weekends are for trespas… I mean exploring the roads less traveled. Just when I thought I had done “all the things” in LA, on this recent trip we discovered the old Griffith Park Zoo. Griffith Park Zoo was a city-owned… Continue Reading →

Los Angeles, Travel Photos, Travels

TIL: Alpine Butterfly Knot

August 29, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

While camping along the PCT the other week, after pitching our tent with a couple slip knots, Steve taught me how to do a quick Alpine Butterfly Knot. I probably remember this one better than the knots I learned from… Continue Reading →

TIL, Travels backpacking, camping, hiking, outdoors

Day 12: Vietnam – Saigon Heritage

July 14, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

I’m going to tell this story before the rest, just in case I never complete writing about the other days leading up to this one, because I don’t want to forget this day. Today on the agenda was having lunch… Continue Reading →

Abroad, Travels

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Finally trying out Ettan with @carolina.nugent and Finally trying out Ettan with @carolina.nugent and it was delicious. Also we had a chocolate tasting next door that was incredible.
When @wynk asked me what I wanted to do for a bela When @wynk asked me what I wanted to do for a belated birthday celebration on Saturday, I paused and promptly sent a link to this e-rail bike adventure. She agreed and off we went to Mendocino. Lots of time was spent laughing at how fun this was to pedal through the redwoods. Would highly recommend. 

P.S. she let me be lazy a lot of the time and pedaled for the both of us like 50% of the 2 hrs adventure because she wanted to also get a workout in. This is what the best OG friendships are 🥰😘
When I watch too much of The Bear on Hulu. Uni sca When I watch too much of The Bear on Hulu. Uni scallop bucatini with shiitake mushrooms in an uni miso cream sauce. #imadethis #cooked
Belated bday post, but same tradition. For every p Belated bday post, but same tradition. For every person who wished me Happy Birthday last week I’m donating $100 to be split between two of my favorite charities: Women in STEM and the National Park Foundation. That’s 70 people this year and since my company does donation matching that’s a good amount to these two causes. Thanks for making my day special, this is how I pay it forward.
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