Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"The best education I have ever received was through travel." ~ Lisa Ling Tastes of Texas Because I was there for a wedding, as well as work, I wasn't able to explore Texas as much as I would have loved to. Especially if I was traveling solo. The AirBnB we stayed at was unreal, and [...]
"Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may." ~ Sam Houston State Bucket List It is no secret I love traveling, and with it comes an extensive bucket list I have created. Not only do I have places I want to travel abroad too, but I also want [...]
"A beach is not only a sweep of sand, but shells of sea creatures, the sea glass, the seaweed, the incongruous objects washed up by the ocean." ~ Henry Grunwald Island Beaches Island living doesn't necessarily mean that a whole island is swimmable. In fact I technically live on an island, yet it feels more [...]
"Life is full of happiness and tears; be strong and have faith." ~ Kareena Kapoor Khan With my updates from San Diego taking a bit longer then I had planned due to a smorgasbord of unforeseen circumstances, some good some bad, I haven't posted an update in a Loooonnngggg while. In other words I be [...]
"I go to the ocean to calm down, to reconnect with the creator, to just be happy." ~ Nnedi Okorafor Our Last Day! There was still so much to see and do from Balboa Park to the San Diego Zoo, but both Sarah and I loved Coronado immensely and despite the temperamentalness of the San [...]
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came. John F. Kennedy Annual Birthday Sail It has become an annual tradition that around my birthday I go sailing. It began with my mertwin [...]
"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well." ~ Voltaire It's My Birthday Thanks to the time change, and the fact that even on vacay, I am an early morning riser, I awoke before it should be made legal. Despite the early hour [...]
"The San Diego region in many ways is defined by our relationship with the ocean. It's our front yard and a beautiful playground for families and visitors. It should be clean, safe, and inviting." ~ Scott Peters But First... Once we got ourselves together the first and most important stop was coffee. Alas, while Mack [...]
"Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked." ~ Vicente Fox The National Mall After joyously caffeinating ourselves, Sarah and I headed to The National Mall. On maps, everything looks far apart, but it didn't seem it when [...]
"Coffee connects us in so many ways - to each other, to our senses, and to the earth that supports the coffee trees." ~ Rohan Marley For the Love of Peet's If you followed my San Francisco adventures last year, you know how much I LOVE Peet's. I legit could eat, sleep, breathe, and make [...]