Category: Travel

  Dream Vacation: Japan
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My fascination with Japan began in the third grade, when an exchange teacher from Japan spent a few months teaching us various aspects of Japanese culture. Along with reading Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, she taught us how to …


  Aerial
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On our flight to Los Angeles a few months ago, my boyfriend surrendered his window seat to me and I managed to take a good amount of photos of the breathtaking landscape of the American West. The desert landscape is …


  Marfa Part 3 | Prada & Austin Street Cafe
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Finally, I’ve made it to the third and final installment of my Marfa travelog! Here are the second and first parts in case you missed them. Shortly after visiting Squeeze, we drove out to the Marfa Prada boutique, located about …


  Marfa Part 2 | the Hotel Paisano and Squeeze
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Despite Marfa’s small size, with a population of about 2000, the town is famous throughout the country for its food, art, and oddities. Although we didn’t get to do everything, we did manage to check a number of things off …


  Marfa Part 1 | El Cosmico Campgrounds
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This past weekend, I traveled to Marfa, TX to celebrate my friend’s birthday. Since I was a child, I’ve always wanted to visit; however, the opportunity had never presented itself until now. For those unfamiliar, the town is a fairly …


  Santa Monica

I’m working on an Anime Expo page but I’m having some coding issues, so until then, you can view some of the photographs I took at my Anime Expo 2010 Flickr Gallery. On Monday, my boyfriend and I ventured out …


  Anime Expo Preview Post

Last Thursday, I arrived in California, and have been busy taking hundreds of pictures since then. Originally I had been planning to take a costume with me, but I didn’t finish it in time, so I’ve been trying to occupy …


  Transgender on Bourbon Street
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For this semester in watercolor, I’ve been researching various facets of feminine identity. For this week, I chose to paint a transgendered person we encountered on Bourbon Street, who had taken upon herself the task of directing traffic. Keep in …


  New Orleans Architecture

One thing that has always drawn me to New Orleans are the buildings! Sadly I didn’t get to wander around the Garden District this time, but I did take plenty of photos in the French Quarter. This house is a …


  New Orleans Market

Last weekend, my family traveled to New Orleans to visit family. I hadn’t been in years – probably about a year before Hurricane Katrina. Upon returning, I remembered how much I loved this city, and what a shame it was …