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Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo V-Day 2021

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Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo -- Valentine's Day 2021

We took a weekend trip here to relax for Valentines Day <3 We got to see sea otters and walk around and enjoy the beautiful views. It was very romantic and a lovely time.

In SLO we took a quick tour of the campus and hiked the Mariposa Trail and saw a beautiful overlook.

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Tahoe Trip March 2021

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South Lake Tahoe -- March 2021

Chad and I took a few days during Spring Break to visit South Lake Tahoe. It was a BEAUTIFUL experience. Here are the photos that we took :)

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C3/24/2021 Taking Photos at Sac State Arboretum

Chad took me to the Sac State Arboretum to test out my new camera! Nothing too exciting, but I did see some beautiful birds! (Note: the Egret was taken in Natomas on the way to the arboretum). We also stopped at a cute plant sale and bought a tomato plant and succulents!

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3/19/2021 - 3/24/2021 Taking Photos with New Camera around San Juan Reservoir

These are pics I took in my neighborhood near the San Juan Reservoir :)

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3/19/2021 - 3/21/2021 New Camera! 

I took these pics of Sophie (the kitty) and Phoebe (the dog) with my new DSLR Nikon D3500 camera, and edited them on Gimp! I am very pleased with the results :) More photos to follow!

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9/6/2020 Pacifica and The Presidio

For Chad’s birthday, we decided to get out of the icky air quality and the heat, but of course if it’s 109 in Sac, then it’s like 95 in SF! We had some Safeway Sandwiches near the beach in Pacifica and watched the waves, which was lovely and relaxing.

After that, Chad wanted to see the gravestone of a founding father of his Fraternity, so we went to go see it in the Presidio, which also gave us a lovely view of the Golden Gate Bridge!

We ended by going to Vista Point and then Bob’s donuts in SF, which had ENORMOUS donuts! I got a bear claw, which was delicious 😋

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8/2017 -- Lady Gaga Concert, Las Vegas

I honestly don’t remember taking too many other photos while I was in Vegas, because this experience definitely overshadowed everything else. My friend Carlos and I went to see Lady Gaga for her Joanne performance at the T Mobile arena, and we were able to get standing room tickets towards the back, near the piano, so that when she performed my favorite songs, we were right there near her. It was incredible to be so close to her and to see her so clearly. 

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3/2018 -- Balboa Park, San Diego

This was one of our first trips together. We had gone to Santa Cruz another weekend, but this was a weekend that we went to San Diego and hung out at the beach for a few days. We ended up going to Balboa park and walked around and enjoyed how beautiful it was there. 

We also went to La Jolla Shore park and had a romantic day there as well. 

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09/15/2018 – Beverly Hills Chelsea Cutler Concert

For Chad’s 26th birthday, I booked us a very fancy AirBnb in Beverly Hills, and bought him tickets to see Chelsea Cutler at Roxy Theatre in LA. We ended up getting very close to the stage, to the point that I was able to get this incredible video. I definitely fell in love with Chelsea Cutler’s music, which I had never really heard before! And, Quinn XCII also came out and performed with her, which was super great! 

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8/30/2020 Mark Twain’s Cabin in Sonora and Angels Camp

It was just really cool to see the Mark Twain memorabilia, as well as the reproduction of the cabin. There were also some other beautiful views that made this truly a fun adventure.

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8/30/2020 North Grove Trail, Calaveras Big Trees State Park

This was a stunning trail — we did a guided, numbered walking tour that went over the history of these beautiful giants. Many of them are 30ft in diameter, and hundreds of feet tall. This was an incredible and awe-inspiring experience.

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8/11/2020 Calcutta Falls Trail, Auburn

Had a lovely 6 mile hike with my friend Gaby. We walked past a lovely waterfall, and even got to put our feet in the water a bit. It was a beautiful day.

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Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City, 3/2019 

I loved this museum, but I spent a lot of my college years learning about the conquest and how so many of these artifacts were destroyed, or attempted to be destroyed, by the Spaniards and other conquistadors. Seeing the artifacts reminded me of so many courses I had taken -- the fertility dolls reminded me of art history, and so many other statues or relics reminded me of the courses that I had previously taken in UCSC. 

After the museum, we went out to eat Argentine food, which was delicious -- steak, dulce de leche, Malbec, etc. It was a lovely evening. 

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Casa Azul, Frida Khalo Museum, Mexico City, 3/2019 

This was another beautiful experience. It was great to learn more about Frida and see where she lived and worked -- it was sad to learn about how she was injured and suffered from depression for most of her life, but she was such a pillar of strength. She was an incredible woman, who designed her own clothes and made it so that the world worked for her. Seeing her clothing and her tools that she made in order to help her function in the world was a humbling but also empowering experience. Seeing her bedroom and how she lived was unbelievable. 

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Xochimilco, Mexico City, 3/2019 

This was another incredible experience that we had while we were there. The boats were so colorful, and the man who was driving ours was so nice -- he stopped at all of the places so that I could hold snakes, iguanas, etc. We also got to see the gorgeous flowers that they grow there. I loved seeing the Axlotl! The mole that we had on that ship was probably the best mole I’ve ever had in my life, and it was inexpensive. We got to pass the Island of the Dolls (of course, we didn’t go on, because it’s haunted and Chad was not down), and the man even let us try to steer the boat (it’s so much harder than it looks!) All in all, an incredible day. 

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Teotihuacan, Mexico, 3/2019

We took a day trip to Teotihuacan, which was incredible. I have never seen such ancient history, and it was a real treat to see it all preserved or recreated. This was an incredible trip, and we had a great tour guide who told us a lot of factoids that we hadn’t previously known. It was a really fun experience! I would definitely go again -- although I was very sore afterwards from climbing all of those pyramids. And we got SO sunburned! 

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Mexico City, 3/2019 

This was probably a combination of our first and final days in Mexico City. We walked around and saw some lovely parks, as well as many outdoor markets, including the Mercado de Artesanias la Ciudadela. We also had delicious tacos at a market near there (they were delicious). There were many protests and refugee camps outside of the government buildings, which was very interesting and sad to see. The view from our Air BnB was insane -- I still can’t believe we had such a great place to stay. The pastry shop was where we got refreshments before going on our trip to Teotihuacan.