Showing Off the Best of Santa Barbara for My Sister’s Weekend Visit
A few weekends ago my sister came to visit us in Santa Barbara. Like me, she is also a UCSB alumni. Also like me, she did not explore many of the fun things to do in down town Santa Barbara that I have only found living here as an “adult”. As such, we spent the…
Negative 9 and Smiling – 2019 North American Pond Hockey Championships
I have been cold before; snow camping in Sequoia National Park, hiking Mount Shasta in a storm or even playing outdoor hockey as a kid at my home town rink in Mount Shasta. But I have never been as cold as I was when I stepped onto the frozen lake for our first pond hockey…
Top 20 Questions About Our Long Trip Abroad Answered!
Here are all the questions y’all keep asking me and a few I wish you would ask me that give a great summary our trip. Where did you go? In this order we visited the following places: Dubai Ghana: Accra, Tamale, Mole, back to Accra, Cape Coast, Kokobrite The Netherlands: Amsterdam and Kampen France: Paris,…
Learning to Drive a Manual in Paris – A Trial by [Almost] Fire
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I am 26 years old and I have never truly driven a manual car. I know it’s pretty sad but I’m sure I’m not the only one and I hope this story helps others like me and entertains the rest of y’all! For a little background knowledge, I am not completely divorced from the knowledge…