Technically my sixth, as I missed SBST V with a torn achilles. BUT IT WAS AWESOME, AS ALWAYS, so that’s what we’re going to focus on here. Y’all, Oregon has been gatekeeping, and I’m pretty sure it’s to protect the powder stashes. Mt. Bachelor is one of the biggest mountains in the US, with INCREDIBLE…
I would never leave you hanging! I’m so funny. In my Travel Bags are My Lumens Research List, I mentioned a new-to-me concept of the hanging toiletry bag. Y’all. HOW DID I EVER LIVE WITHOUT THIS? It is epic. It is organized. You can see all your things. You can hang it and leave your…
Nashville is an awesome town, and the group of girls I stormed it with even better. Nashville as a trip was completely unexpected—when someone asks if I want to go somewhere I’ve never been with people I mostly don’t know but it’s pretty cheap and already planned, I will always say yes. So I had…
Tomorrow, I depart for Europe! Today, we discuss the kind of person I am and want to be. Last weekend, I played a volleyball tournament all Saturday where you switched teams every game—it was really fun, and I got to meet a bunch of people. That night, I was exhausted but felt pressure to go…
When my trekking backpack won’t do, and my ski backpack probably would—it’s done week-long trips in Hawaii and Morocco, after all—my upcoming two-week trip through Europe seems like a great excuse for a new travel backpack. Here are a few I’m eyeing … Adult Backpacking Backpacks Shop packs at this link (NOT affiliate links). Extras:…
A couple weeks ago, an Eagles-fan friend of mine and I booked a last-minute trip to Seattle for the Eagles-Seahawks game and to see my only-ever adult roommate (excepting my brother). We left Friday after work and booked the insane return flight time of 6am Monday morning, in time to work. As you can see…
This is one of the hardest gratitude lists I’ve had to write because I just had to leave Nali at the emergency dog hospital for pancreatitis and I am grateful that it’s not worse and I am grateful that she’s gonna be fine and all that but really I am just a damn wreck and…
aka you’re me or my mom, heading from Newport Beach or Austin, respectively, to Columbus, Ohio, in November. Brrrrr. Faux celebs fly with carry-ons only, suckas! Wear on plane: denim athleta jeans, rag & bone tank, patagonia flannel, green plaid sorel boots (EVERYONE NEEDS A PAIR OF THESE THEY ARE BOMB and unbelievably comfortable for…
Lake Tahoe!! When I was the minister for my best couple friends’ wedding last summer, we all laughed about how perfect it is that I’m permanently on their marriage certificate: we’re the marriage certificate trio! Never was that more apparent than the five-day Tahoe trip we took last weekend. There’s so much to be grateful…
It feels like I live in Aspen again—I’m here for my bestie’s 30th, but working remotely for a couple days too. It really is like the old days: I’m posted up at the library to work and chowing down on kale salad at Peach’s while laptopping away. I get to wander town, take ski break…