Long Island
I had such a great trip to Long Island this summer. Elise has been two times since she was born. The first...
AZ/TX Zines
When I travel I like to visit indie bookstores looking for zines. Here are some that I’ve recently found: Wooden Tooth Records...
Austin
I have not been back to Austin for a long time. We came briefly in 2021, when we were moving from California...
Tucson
We stayed four nights in Tucson. It’s where my mom lives and I have so many wonderful cousins and childhood friends. I...
Upstate NY/CT
Casey and I joke that May this year was our social season. But it actually was, because we kicked it off with...
Phoenix
Last time I went to Phoenix I only stayed one night. So this time I wanted to get to know it better....
Tucson & Phoenix
Last winter we went to Tucson and Phoenix. We’ve decided we’re going to take this trip every year. I found this little...
Tucson
It’s good to be back in Tucson. Tucson is sort of my second home, after all the other places I have lived...
Manhattan
I had a great day in the city with my in-laws. We played mini-golf, got fancy pastries, went to a photography museum,...
Phoenix
My sister got married in Phoenix, which made it the third time I have gone in three years. I’ve always had Tucson...
Gilroy
My husband and I have had a fascination with Gilroy ever since we moved here. Apparently, it is the largest exporter of...
Sanborn County Park
We had planned a long engagement but with our out-of-state move looming closer, and no end to the pandemic in sight, we...
Scrapbooking winter break
I love getting done with a scrapbook! Then it gets to go on my shelf, with all my other travel memories. I...
Ano Nuevo State Beach
After living in California for over three years, Casey and I realized we had only been to Santa Cruz once! We had...
Almaden Quicksilver Park
The best part about living in South San Jose is that you are right up along the mountains. It can’t get any...
Monte Bello Preserve
Monte Bello is a special hiking spot Casey and I go to near Palo Alto. It is our favorite place because it...
Nisene Marks State Forest
Casey and I visited Nisene Marks at the beginning of our myceulium obsession. We were just learning about mushrooms and getting excited...
Capitola Beach
We’ve been living in the Bay Area for four years now but we have yet to spend too much time at any...
Oakland/SF
Quarantine makes me nostalgic for places I’ve been, even if they’re not my favorite places. I haven’t left the house really, since...
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz has a cult following around the Bay Area. Everyone has a bumper sticker of The Mystery Spot. Well, it seems...
San Luis Obispo
My friend was living in LA and I was a new transplant in San Jose. We wanted to meet but didn’t want...
Tucson
For this year’s climate-poclypse, Casey and I headed to Tucson. We packed up everything of importance into our car and drove twelve...
Philadelphia
One of the best things about having a family member an official tour guide is all. the. discounts! She gets comped to...
New York City
I’ve lost track of the times I’ve been to New York City. If I had never met my partner (who’s from New...
Marin County
Marin County is the area north of San Francisco, on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge. I had heard a...
Phoenix
Most of my time spent in Arizona is in Tucson. I went to school there for two years and all my cousins...
Yosemite National Park
I went to Yosemite for the first time in October. I’ll be honest – I don’t like the idea of Yosemite. Apple...
Berkeley/SF
I moved to San Jose three years ago. San Jose is an hour south of the world famous San Francisco. Every movie...
Davis
One of my favorite travel partners is my grandpa. He and I have been to countless places… Brazil, Hong Kong, Canada, Northwestern...
Cleveland
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The Bay Area, from South Bay to the Peninsula
Casey and I just celebrated four years in the Bay. California has been enjoyable, with new experiences, and good memories. We don’t...
British Columbia
When I was about eighteen, I set off with my grandpa and fifty other retirees in a stinky tour bus all Canadian...
Monterey
For our four year anniversary, my boyfriend and I spent the weekend in Monterey. We saw the infamous aquarium, went to the...
Denver
I was able to connect with Zhenya, a friend I made while living in Samara, in Denver! It was the perfect place...
Boston & New York City
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Alabama
I’ve been to Alabama twice. It’s funny because people outside of Alabama are like… why? It’s a humid and strangely beautiful place....
Texas Coast
I remember when I met my first college roommate, who is from Houston, and stupidly asked her, “Houston has an airport?” I’m...
San Antonio
San Antonio was awesome! We’ve been here many times in the past, but it was the first time we flew here as...
Big Basin State Park
We had our first visitor to in the Bay Area! My boyfriend and I moved here in 2017 and we never miss...
Castle Rock State Park
Another beautiful day at a State Park, hunting for mycelium and breathing the fresh air. I think this park is too close...
Los Angeles
I’ve visited Los Angeles many times as a kid with my family. I knew it for the beaches and Getty Museum, which...
Portland
Some of my best travels happen right when I quit a job. I remember when I quit my crappy retail sales associate...
Traveling around the US National Parks
When I was in college and already feeling the wanderlust, I joined my grandpa and fifty other retirees from China on to...
Colorado
For spring break, my boyfriend and I took a road trip to Colorado. We visited Crestone, Valley View, and Colorado Springs. We...
Long Beach
Long Beach is one of my favorite places in LA. I love the colorful horticulture and the perpetual ocean breeze. It embodies...
Brooklyn & Manhattan
One of the best parts of traveling, for me, at least, is all the paper memorabilia that I encounter on the way...