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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

Instant Pot: Simple Ribs

May 29, 2017Jessica Leave a Comment

One of my absolute favorite things to cook is baby back ribs. Whether it be done simply in the oven or over the grill or this time within 30 minutes in the Instant Pot for falling off the bone delicious… Continue Reading →

Cooked, Food & Drink

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