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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

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

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

Tasty to Go – Arcadia, CA

August 4, 2011Jessica Leave a Comment

Perfect chemistry. It’s so rare and special to have the stars align for a moment, a perfect combination of interactions, harmony, and tastes, that whenever it occurs I just want to savor that moment as long as possible. My first… Continue Reading →

Desserts, Food & Drink, Los Angeles dessert, eats, food, noms, travel

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

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

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