When I got my first DSLR camera my senior year of high school, one of the first photography styles I used it for was “fashion” photography. My friend Sarah put on a dress, and we ran around town taking pictures. Eventually I had other friends who wanted to model too, and we started getting more…
The Little Things I Miss
In my last post, I wrote about how I’ve been spending all my time lately since the pandemic hit. And while I’ve found ways to keep busy and find some joy in life at home, there are of course some things about travel that just are not the same here. In honor of Rick Steves’…
What I’ve Been Doing During the Pandemic | February-August
It goes without saying that I want this pandemic to just be over already. Life has been very weird and unusual and scary starting late winter 2020. In February, our cruise around Japan was canceled. Kevin and I had to fight to get our money back from our travel agent for weeks (it was handled…
How to Choose Travel Shoes
I am not very qualified to write a guide to good travel shoes, so that’s not what this is going to be. But I’ve read lots and lots of other people’s recommendations and travel shoe blog posts and usually been let down, cursing my sore feet. If you can relate to that, maybe I’m not…
Switzerland by Train: A 10-day Itinerary
Train travel is fabulous in Switzerland. If you buy a Swiss Travel Pass, you can use the trains as often as you want for one initial price. Although try not to do what we did: We booked our flights for a total of 10 days in the country before realizing that the Swiss Passes only…
Eating Vegetarian in Switzerland
My post on my vegetarian week in Norway seems to be fairly popular, so let’s do another one! How easy is it to eat vegetarian in Switzerland? Very!! Several of the meals I ate in Switzerland are my best travel meals to date! Every restaurant we went to had an English menu, and I don’t…
What is Switzerland Like in November?
As we often do, Kevin and I booked our flights to Switzerland on a whim. He found a great deal ($360 round trip per person from Chicago), and we grabbed it first and thought about it later. Only after that transaction went through and I had the confirmation email in my inbox did I start…
What is Jet Lag Really Like?
My grandma LaVerne used to travel for work, and she claimed that there was no such thing as jet lag. She had some kind of mind-over-matter secret that kept her functioning no matter the time zone. Sadly I have not taken after her in this respect; My jet lag tends to sneak up on me…
Hidden Gem in Chicago: Hofbräuhaus Beer Hall
In 2010 I took a weekend trip from my Paris study abroad to Switzerland and Germany. In those three days I discovered käsespätzle and ordered it twice. I thought it was amazing, and I’ve been trying to find it again ever since. Käsespätzle is a traditional pasta dish from parts of Germany and Switzerland made…
Before and After Photo Editing | 3
Today I am bringing you a quick but very dramatic “before and after” example. This is why I love editing so much and look forward to it when I get home from a trip! Check this out! Here is the before photo. Kind of yuck, huh? Washed out, no saturation, no wow factor. What a…
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