So last night I dozed off around midnight, only to wake up at around 2 a.m. from one of the weirdest dreams I have ever had. Also strangely enough, as I sat there, slightly disconcerted from the weirdness of it all, more and more details actually came back to me, which is strange, since usually the details become fleeting the longer I am awake and try to remember them. In any case, here’s the basic lowdown – I got stuck […]

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So today I was looking up horoscope-y things and discovered that there are different animals that represent you if you combine your sign (Pisces) with your Chinese zodiac sign (Rooster). Apparantly my combination creates The Ocelot. As I always enjoy these personality breakdowns, I’ve highlighted (in bold) the things I find to be the most accurate. I quote (from Primal Astrology): “In the animal kingdom, ocelots are nocturnal, solitary, and very territorial. They build their own little world around themselves […]

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Last Sunday, I headed to Philadelphia with my sister, her boyfriend and my mom to have dinner at Talula’s Table. It turns out that Paul’s old roomate had gotten a reservation after a last minute cancellation, and needed ten people to go. The restaurant is actually a market that does a tasting menu in the evenings for one group and normally takes a year to get into. It sounded like a fun little adventure, despite the fact that it was […]

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I took a brief break from the travel tales posts when I headed to Minnesota last Tuesday. It was nice to stay away from the computer for a bit, actually, though I was hardly away from the internet entirely (phone). It worked out for the best, in any case, since my days in the mid-west were a lot more low-key than the ones on the west coast. And by low-key, I more or less mean I didn’t take as many […]

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Today we spent twelve hours scouring and exploring Disneyland! It was fun and exhausting. The End. Seriously… we actually did spend the whole day at Disneyland, getting there early enough to have extremely short waits on a lot of the popular rides, and then braving our way through the heat of the day, ending up in the California Adventure Park. I’m exhausted, and still have to get ready for tomorrow’s travel day, and so I’ll leave off with some pictures:

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Today was a full day of eating and walking, mostly in that order. Mom, Cindy (aunt), Laura (cousin), Harmony (cousin’s daughter) and I started the day with brunch on the Queen Mary. For those unfamiliar, the Queen Mary is a docked ocean liner in Long Beach. It used to make transatlantic crossings, but now it acts as a hotel and museum, with a number of restaurants. To celebrate my cousin Laura’s 25th birthday, we headed to the champagne brunch, an […]

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Our first full day in Los Angeles was full of activity, pretty much from beginning to end. First off, we are now staying with my aunt Cindy for a few days (and technically with my cousin Laura as well, though she lives in the downstairs apartment and we’re sleeping at Cindy’s). I’ve never been here before, but she lives in West Hollywood in a cute little apartment. When we arrived last night (since I was so insistent upon doing the […]

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Yes, today IS day eleven and it’s only 9:18 a.m. where I am, but I forgot yesterday’s post and as today is already proving to be a no-picture, laze around the house and just relax and enjoy being on vacation day, I figured I’d just include it with day ten. If anything exciting should prove to happen later, I will amend this post to showcase it. However, other than transferring from the San Diego area to Los Angeles, nothing of […]

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Today was our first full day in San Diego… well, technically Escondido, where the house is that we’re staying. It belongs to my mom’s friend, and it’s beautiful! It has wonderful views from the back porch deck and a little spa/hot tub in the front (which I haven’t used yet, but plan on doing so tomorrow!). This morning after waking up, we lazed around the house. I got to watch last week’s Project Runway (for which I WILL do a […]

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