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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

Moments: Spoiler Alert

August 18, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

As we were hiking, Will began a conversation about Superman. Will: Doesn’t he get his power from our universe somehow? Me: I think it was from the sun. Steve: But other than that he’s invincible except for kryptonite. Me: Oh,… Continue Reading →

Lifestyle, Moments

Moments: He Liked It

August 15, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

Maybe it’s the post vacation blues or the state of current affairs in the news, but the other day I was just feeling inexplicably down when I get a chat from Lisa W. Lisa: Hi! Just wanted to let you… Continue Reading →

Lifestyle, Moments

Runner’s Log: 40th San Francisco Marathon

July 24, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

Never have I ever… run across the Golden Gate Bridge. I guess being a San Francisco Bay Area local, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge was always a means to go somewhere else and not a destination in and of itself.… Continue Reading →

Lifestyle, Runner's Log

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

Amazon Prime Day Deals 2017

July 11, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

OK a couple years ago it used to be all about compression socks, but since then Amazon has gotten some good deals. Here’s my list of what I think might be worth getting (since I already have most of the… Continue Reading →

Buy All The Things, Shopping

Moments: I Fly Solo

July 4, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

This convo happened back in April before DP left the company to travel semi-permanently. We always took the first 5 minutes of our weekly 1:1 to chat about upcoming travel or adventure plans before talking about business, it made life… Continue Reading →

Lifestyle, Moments

Vietnam – Packing and Prep

June 30, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

Juxtaposed with my trip to New Zealand a couple years ago, getting ready for Vietnam was more of a blur. It was busy at work, the kind of busy where you don’t have time to make yourself dinner and where… Continue Reading →

Abroad, Travels

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