Goodbye LA

This is a happy post- an excited, and optimistic one. After great consideration and many conversations with my loved ones, I have decided to leave California. I know it sounds sad, but it is a change I am excited about. After Thanksgiving, I am packing up my car and driving across the country, back to Florida. But going home isn't because I have been defeated, or failed in my plans. I'm moving back...

Ten Sweet Years

Ten years ago today I begged my mom to "just let me look" at the dogs in the SPCA, and while 12 year-old me was enamored by a Labrador puppy, my mom found a scruffy-looking Schnauzer, with hair that looked like wild oats. Unlike the other dogs, she laid in her cage on the bottom rack, quiet, depressed, and  without hope of being adopted. Her hair shed in handfuls due to stress and depression,...

Splorin'

I feel pretty lucky to live in a city where every corner you turn opens a curtain into a different culture. Living in Koreatown, I sometimes literally feel as if I am visiting another country. I can't read any of the signs, people actually dress like baby dolls, and there are hardly any restaurants that don't contain pho or kimchi. But please do not be mistaken!! I am LOVING every minute of my neighborhood....