Volcano Hopping in Central America
I live and die by television shows and movies. I’m not above just randomly interjecting Arrested Development quotes throughout my day and I lived vicariously through LOST for six years. So much so...
View ArticleU.S. Day Trips: Mt. Tamalpais
There are some travel moments, whether near or far, that simply stand out above the rest. My latest was the last of 2011, a day trip to Mt. Tamalpais, just across the Golden Gate Bridge and north from...
View ArticleNorth Carolina was Cool Before The Hunger Games
Yes, I did in fact watch The Hunger Games on the day it came out. I read the entire series in a couple weeks, searched every day for two months for new movie clips and trailers, and even took a quiz...
View ArticleHiking Mount Tamalpais: Waterfalls, Meadows, and a Staring Contest with a Coyote
After traveling for over three weeks for the month of March, you would’ve expected me to hurry home to enjoy a little rest and relaxation before kicking off April, right? The hurry part I did, driving...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: The Hawaiian Island of Lanai
Quick, name which country of the world the island of Lanai is on? Did you guess that it was a Hawaiian island in the U.S. of A.? And did you know that it’s owned by Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle?...
View ArticleFinding Beauty Between the Seams in Los Angeles
It’s too spread out. The interstates are a parking lot. It’s a concrete jungle. It’s too hard to get around on public transportation. It has no culture. These are a handful of the complaints I hear...
View ArticleOff-The-Beaten-Path in Lanai
If you read my last blog post, then you know I don’t like to discriminate about travel. I don’t care how people go or where they go to, I just care that they go. But anyone who knows me knows that I...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: Los Angeles
It was six months ago this month that I packed my car up in Seattle, and like I imagine many aspiring actors and actresses have done, hit the road for Hollywood. Six months later and there is no one...
View ArticleGlacier National Park, the Alps of America
It’s really hard to put Montana’s Glacier National Park into words. I spent most of my week there with a pen and notebook in hand a couple weeks ago, but found it hard to put into words how...
View ArticleU.S. Day Trips: Mt. Tamalpais
There are some travel moments, whether near or far, that simply stand out above the rest. My latest was the last of 2011, a day trip to Mt. Tamalpais, just across the Golden Gate Bridge and north from...
View ArticleNorth Carolina was Cool Before The Hunger Games
Yes, I did in fact watch The Hunger Games on the day it came out. I read the entire series in a couple weeks, searched every day for two months for new movie clips and trailers, and even took a quiz to...
View ArticleHiking Mount Tamalpais
After traveling for over three weeks for the month of March, you would’ve expected me to hurry home to enjoy a little rest and relaxation before kicking off April, right? The hurry part I did, driving...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: The Hawaiian Island of Lanai
Quick, name which country of the world the island of Lanai is on? Did you guess that it was a Hawaiian island in the U.S. of A.? And did you know that it’s owned by Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle? Unless...
View ArticleFinding Beauty Between the Seams in Los Angeles
It’s too spread out. The interstates are a parking lot. It’s a concrete jungle. It’s too hard to get around on public transportation. It has no culture. These are a handful of the complaints I hear the...
View ArticleOff-The-Beaten-Path in Lanai
If you read my last blog post, then you know I don’t like to discriminate about travel. I don’t care how people go or where they go to, I just care that they go. But anyone who knows me knows that I...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: Los Angeles
It was six months ago this month that I packed my car up in Seattle, and like I imagine many aspiring actors and actresses have done, hit the road for Hollywood. Six months later and there is no one...
View ArticleGlacier National Park, the Alps of America
It’s really hard to put Montana’s Glacier National Park into words. I spent most of my week there with a pen and notebook in hand a couple weeks ago, but found it hard to put into words how...
View ArticleHiking Breckenridge, Colorado
Hiking and mountain biking trails are to Breckenridge like coffee shops are to Seattle. They are basically on every corner, and in fact many of them you don’t even need a car for. Some of them you can...
View ArticleFall Adventure Activities Off the Slopes in Breckenridge, Colorado
You guys, Breckenridge, Colorado in the fall is a freak of nature. Generally, ski towns have always been one-dimensional to me. And as I mentioned in my Breckenridge photo essay, the Colorado ski towns...
View ArticleBig Adventure in the Biggest Little City in the World, Reno
When you think Reno, Nevada, what do you think? Maybe you think casinos, likely comparing it to Vegas (probably because of its casinos). And perhaps you think Reno 911!, which was hardly even filmed in...
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