Gettin’ Lucky in Kentucky

“What’s in Kentucky?” Bourbon. Outside of the 50-State Challenge, Kentucky was never on my “to-do” list until a few months ago. My boyfriend Eddie was a whisky drinker, so of course when we started dating, I became one too. A few months before our trip, […]

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Grand Canyon via Route 66

After completing my TESL/TEFL certificate program, I knew I was going to want to go on vacation. Maybe Seattle. I’d never been to Portland. Or a weekend at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo? Oooh, a train ride through the rockies maybe! Eddie had […]

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Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrors

After seeing so many beautiful pictures on Instagram, and watching a few friends make the trip to LA, I finally got around to seeing Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirrors” traveling exhibit. According to The Broad’s website, The Broad is the only museum in California that will […]

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Hello Seattle

People have asked me if I have ever been to Seattle. I was 16 or 17 years old on a road trip with my dad and sister, so I don’t think it counts. So last year, I planned a trip to Seattle, Washington over Thanksgiving weekend. […]

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Three States, Three Days

  Some of the trips I take aren’t as meaningful as others. Some of them, I take because they’re places I just want to go or things I just want to do, just for the sake of saying I’ve been there and done that. Chicago […]

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Keep Austin Weird

  Why Austin? Well the main reason was that one of the items on my ever-growing Bucket List is to visit all of the American MotoGP circuits. I attended MotoGP in Indianapolis in 2010, and Laguna Seca a couple of times, most recently in 2011. […]

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I Believe in Nashville

“I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling 32!” (You have to sing it along with the tune of Taylor Swift’s song “22”). I had decided last year that I wanted to spend part of my next birthday in Nashville, Tennessee, after having driven through […]

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Zion National Park

  Pinterest has become my go-to for vacation ideas. One day as I went browsing through the “Travel” category, a photo of The Narrows popped up on the screen. I was blown away at how pretty the image of being in a canyon that deep, […]

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Women’s Sportbike Ralley West

  It was pretty cool to be a part of the Inaugural Women’s Sportbike Ralley West over May 29-30 in beautiful Big Bear, California! My weekend started Friday afternoon as I rode my motorcycle from Oceanside to Big Bear by way of the CA-18. It […]

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