This past weekend, I went backpacking in the Eastern Sierras, a much anticipated trip among me and some friends. After 2 intense weeks of work travel, I was feeling super burnt out, and even contemplated ditching this trip to stay home. I’m SO glad I got my butt up and chose to go – being … More Backpacking in the Sierras: Mammoth Lakes
Next stop on my 3-week trip to the east coast was one week in Chicago for work, followed by Boston for a weekend to visit my brother. I must say, my project in Chicago went above and beyond compared to last year. I came in with a much more positive attitude and was able to … More Work week in Chicago + weekend in Boston feat. lots of breweries
Hellooo there, friends! I’m currently blogging from my childhood home in beautiful upstate New York, where I spent the past 9 days. I have a two-week business trip in Chicago starting next week, and I wanted to take advantage of free flights to visit my family across the east coast: New York for my mom and … More Finally feels like summer + relaxing in upstate New York with mom and sis
What’s up! This past week was a busy, productive one. The main event of the week was running the SF Half Marathon over the weekend! It was so much fun and one of the highlights of my summer so far; I’ll have a full race recap for you guys later this week 🙂 Despite being … More My version of Disneyland + branching out + goodbye Whitney!
Hey, hey, hey! So it’s been a loooong while since I’ve talked about “real life” on this blog. I realized I’ve been highlighting all my travels and fun activities these past few weeks, but in between it all, real life has been kind of a roller coaster… There have been some changes in my life … More Real life stuff since we last talked + weeks 4-7 of half marathon training
I’ve lived in California for a year now, and this past weekend was my 4th time in Lake Tahoe – I guess you can say that it’s one of my favorite places ;). My good friends Kim and Sophie planned a big group trip, so I was grateful they brought me along to meet some … More Water and cabin fun in North Lake Tahoe
Happy last week of June! (How is it already?!) Things really couldn’t get better this week after I found out I got my first actuarial designation so I was riding that high all week. I have a jam-packed weekend to cover this post followed by some training talk, so let’s get into it: Friday: Sunset picnic … More Pride weekend + another Sausalito afternoon + sunset picnic + half marathon training weeks 2 & 3
This past weekend completely hit the spot. Me and my 7 closest girlfriends in SF got together and rented a yurt (a.k.a. a big fancy tent) in Colfax, a small town 1 hour outside of Tahoe. It was the first time all of the girls got together in almost 2 months, and so there was … More Girl’s weekend “glamp-ing” in a yurt
Hello, hello! I hope you all had fantastic weeks! This was my first full week back into “real life” so let’s talk about that for a bit… Last week, I had two days in SF between Thailand and Mexico. I was exhausted and dove right back into work, responding to hundreds of emails and hit … More Don’t need 1000 miles + Dirtybird festival + lots of anniversaries
Only two days after coming back from Thailand, I was on a plane again to Mexico for a girl’s trip through Memorial Day Weekend. Despite fighting jet lag and still having a lot of reflecting to do from Thailand, I was beyond stoked to top off this month of traveling with seeing Mexico for the … More Girl’s trip to Mexico: Tulum + Cancun
I Run Like A Girl 