Welcome to Los Angeles – land of movie stars, sunshine, miles of traffic and… tar pits? A Farmer's Market? Yes, that’s right, amidst the urban downtown setting is Hancock Park, home to La Brea Tar Pits. Nearby, is the city's
It’s hard to believe that after all my preparations, in just one week I will begin my European adventures in Paris. I am moving to Madrid to teach English at an Elementary school, but first will spend a few days
What better way to celebrate my sister Emma’s upcoming 22 birthday on August 22 than to belt “I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling 22” with Taylor and 15,000 other fans? That's right. To celebrate in style we headed
My family and I love road trips, and one of our absolute favorites is the road trip from Lake Tahoe to Los Angeles! The drive from Lake Tahoe, though long, clocking in at eight hours plus, is quite scenic if
Lake Tahoe, California is a place that has been a vacation destination for my family for generations. My grandparents took my mother there on their yearly trips back East to visit family in Nebraska. My mother and father, as they
When people ask me where I am from my usual answer is California. I was born in the San Francisco Bay Area in the suburbs of San Jose. Though I moved to Maryland just before middle school, I’ve been fortunate
Five years ago this week I moved to Florida to realize my dream of being a Disney Cast Member on the Disney College Program. As my final night in Orlando approached, where better place to spend the evening than the
You know what they say: Everything is bigger in Texas. And with a population of more than 2.1 million, Houston is not only the largest city in the Lone Star state, but the fourth largest city in America as well. While
“Where do you live,” a gray haired woman asks me as we dip our toes in a hot tub at Four Seasons Hotel Houston and stare out at the Houston skyline as nighttime slowly engulfs the buildings and palm trees
Three years ago I lived in Melbourne, Australia. I spent 3 weeks backpacking up the East Coast, and in my travels encountered a graffitied wall that read: for those who can, live the dream. These words have stuck with me these years