Bikes, Broken Bones, Disc Golf, and More – My 2022 Review

2022 was a fantastic year. After taking a long hiatus, I got back into several hobbies including cycling, live music, traveling, and festivals. I also discovered a new hobby, disc golf! I saw one of my photos become a painting, a lunar eclipse, a new relationship, and ate some delicious food. It wasn’t all rainbows, though, I got pretty beat up in a bike vs car accident this year, and I got COVID.

On Capturing Moments in Time

I’ve been SO excited to tell this story for weeks now, but I had to wait for a few of the pieces to come together… In what feels like a past life these days, several years ago I was doing a bunch of traveling and taking a bunch of photos. I uploaded all my favorite …

Visiting Fairbanks, Alaska for the Aurora Borealis

November 13th-19th, 2018 After spending a few days exploring Washington State, I continued north to Fairbanks, Alaska. I’m a native Californian and, prior to this trip, could count on one hand the number of times I’d seen it snowing. Visiting Alaska was a chance to break out of my temperature comfort zone, learn how to …

WordCamp Seattle, Pike Place Market, & San Juan Island

During early November 2018, I flew over massive amounts of smoke from the Camp Fire en route to Washington. I had the opportunity to eat my way through Seattle and Pike Place Market, then drove north to Anacortes where I stayed in one of my favorite Airbnbs of all times. From there, I jumped on a ferry to San Juan Island to visit my grandparents.

Is Boise the BEST city EVER – Treefort Music Fest 2018

Boise was on my travel bucket list for the last year and I FINALLY made it out there. It was a super spontaneous, last-minute trip. I bought a one-way ticket ~12 hours before take off and I am so glad I did! The Treefort Music Fest was awesome! I saw George Clinton and I saw …

Sexually Ambiguous Cowboys and a Trip to Austin, Texas

Just got home from Austin and finished up the edit for this week. I riff a bit about meeting online friends IRL, my frustrations with California, and some of the clues we found around our Airbnb… I didn’t add it to the vlog, but all of us there from the Beaver Builder team filmed an …

My First Vlog – Travels hacks from my trip to Denver, CO

I started off 2018 with a couple of posts on the blog here, but I am also making an effort to start working more with video. I made a two-part vlog about my trip to Denver as an effort to learn about filming and editing. I just finished up the edit on part 2 and …