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Hong Kong

October 18, 2013Jessica Leave a Comment
Abroad, Travel Photos, Travels asia, hongkong, travel, vacation

Singapore

October 8, 2013Jessica Leave a Comment

Sitting in an air conditioned room at Linda’s house with some free time this morning and decided to write about the whole reason for being here.

Abroad, Travel Photos, Travels asia, photo, photography, photos, singapore, travel, vacation

Wurstküche – Los Angeles, CA

February 17, 2013Jessica Leave a Comment

Fortune favors the flexible. Or maybe I just like to see things that way. I’m in LA roughly every 2 months for a getaway. This started maybe about 2 years ago when a friend and I were discussing inexpensive relaxing… Continue Reading →

Drinks, Food & Drink, Los Angeles drink, food, losangeles, restaurant, travel

Room with a View, San Francisco, CA

October 16, 2012Jessica Leave a Comment

When I feel like taking someone out for drinks, I want to have a conversation, instead of wriggling my way to the bar through a sea of bodies. Bars to me represent people who are partially writhing to the music… Continue Reading →

Drinks, San Francisco, Travels bar, drinks, sanfrancisco, travel, vacation, view

Arclight Hollywood – Los Angeles, CA

September 5, 2012Jessica Leave a Comment

“I can say it, but you won’t you believe me. You say you do, but you don’t deceive me. It’s hard to know they’re out there, It’s hard to know that you still care. … Dead hearts are everywhere! Dead… Continue Reading →

Los Angeles, Movies, Travels

Road Trip – Bodie, CA

August 18, 2012Jessica Leave a Comment

🎶 We’ll go dancing in the dark, walking through the park and reminiscing 🎶… about a ghost town. Bodie State Park was my white whale. It’s this preserved ghost town nestled just below the inner elbow crook of California. Laurie… Continue Reading →

Travels bodie, bucketlist, california, ghosttown, roadtrip, travel, vacation

The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier – San Francisco, CA

May 19, 2012Jessica Leave a Comment
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier

I had been dying to see this exhibit at the De Young Museum. So when Natascha mentioned she wanted to go, I was completely down. Honestly, all I remember from my youth about Gaultier was that my mom used to… Continue Reading →

Culture, Photos, San Francisco fashion, jeanpaulgaultier, style

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

Powell’s Books – Portland, OR

April 7, 2012Jessica Leave a Comment

I went to Powell’s City of Books on a mission to find a collection of poems by T.S. Eliot. Doesn’t that sound romantic? The funny thing is, I wouldn’t have gone without making such a quest, because I felt that… Continue Reading →

Books, Portland, Travels bookstore, inspiration, inspired, thought, thoughts, write, writing

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

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The art scene in NYC 😍 The Vessel in Hudson Yards, The art scene in NYC 😍 The Vessel in Hudson Yards, a few murals from my walks, a few pieces from The Armory Show to drink champagne pretending I’m an art buyer, the LV trunks and a few Broadway shows.
First US Open but definitely not the last. Also oo First US Open but definitely not the last. Also ooof for the semis starting at 7pm going to 1:30am, when there was a lightning storm. 

Renewed my interest in watching tennis again. Next up: Laver Cup, then Indian Wells maybe? 🤩
1960s vibes from the TWA Hotel. A neat place to st 1960s vibes from the TWA Hotel. A neat place to stop over if you have a long layover at JFK.
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