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This is a compilation of blog posts I have written. Most recently, my posts consist of my 2023, 2024, and 2025 New Years' Resolution to try something new every week.
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Week 90: Twitch Con 2024!
Week 90: September 15th-21st, 2024 This week I embraced my inner screenager and attended one of the biggest screenager conventions of the...
Sep 21, 2024
Week 89: Señor Mango's
Week 89: September 8th-14th, 2024 Another week of apartment tours means I have now seen 48 different units since July 30th. I've been...
Sep 14, 2024
Week 88: Heat Waves and a Smoothie
Week 88: September 1st-7th, 2024 Warm weather is usually what I prefer, but this week's heat wave in San Diego felt like a Las...
Sep 8, 2024
Week 87: Pretending to be an adult...
Week 87: August 25th-31st, 2024 Most people my age will never be able to buy a home. Especially not in California, or any large...
Aug 31, 2024
Week 86: True Food Kitchen & E-40
Week 86: August 18th-24th, 2024 This week, my boyfriend and I tried something supposedly "healthier" than other restaurants. True Food...
Aug 25, 2024
Week 85: Coco Bomb
Week 85: August 11th-17th, 2024 It has been a while since I got myself a little treat, so in the chaos of the apartment hunt, I stopped...
Aug 17, 2024
Week 84: Chef JUN and doom scrolling
Week 84: August 4th-10th, 2024 As someone who needs regular hangouts with my friends to feel sane, things have been much more complicated...
Aug 10, 2024
Week 83: Muri Cafe and the House Hunt
Week 83: July 28-August 3rd, 2024 Right now, I'm really stressed. My current lease ends in early September, and I'm not sure what I am...
Aug 3, 2024
Week 82: King of Thai & Nerd Central
Week 82: July 21-27th, 2024 Good food and good friends make life so much better. I was able to catch up with my friend who was in town...
Jul 27, 2024
Week 81: Friends of Kiwanis and Disappointing Froyo
Week 81: July 14-20th, 2024 Sometimes trying new things turns out great. For example, I usually can find a lot of positive things to say...
Jul 20, 2024
Week 80: More Birthdays + The Hideaway
Week 80: July 7th-13th, 2024 The theme of July is birthdays, and I had a few more this week to celebrate. After a long, busy week at...
Jul 14, 2024
Week 79: Summer in Full Swing
Week 79: June 30-July 6th, 2024 Its been whirlwind of a week, especially with the 4th falling on a Thursday and confusing my internal...
Jul 6, 2024
Week 78: Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Week 78: June 23rd-29th, 2024 As a lifelong fan of ridiculous action movies, I was thrilled to see the campiness of the Bad Boys...
Jun 29, 2024
Week 77: A Wedding in Pittsburgh
This week I had a quick turnaround traveling with back to back trips. After Tulum, I had only one day to rest, do a bunch of laundry, and...
Jun 24, 2024
Week 76: Tulum!
Week 76: June 9th-15th, 2024 Me and my friends have a tradition of an annual girls’ trip that began in college. We’ve gone to places like...
Jun 19, 2024
Week 75: A Boyfriend and Barrio Star
Week 75: June 2nd-June 8th, 2024 I'm usually pretty private about my dating life, and I plan on staying that way, but I'm happy to report...
Jun 8, 2024
Week 74: 1% Italian
Week 74: May 26th-June 1st, 2024 I've always joked that in another life, I was a middle-aged, Italian American man from either Boston or...
Jun 2, 2024
Week 73: Family, Food, and Folk Dance
Week 73: May 19th-25th, 2024 This week was a whirlwind of good food, family time and reality television. Season 46 of Survivor came to a...
May 27, 2024
Week 72: Here Begins My Quarter Life Crisis
Week 72: May 12th-18th, 2024 When its your birthday, everyone tends to ask "How do you feel now that you're X years old?" and my response...
May 19, 2024
Week 71: Vine Ripe Market
Week 71: May 5th-11th, 2024 New favorite grocery store alert! It sounds crazy, but up until today, I had never been to one of the local...
May 11, 2024
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