Mammoth Abroad

So I guess this is meant to be a little about me section. I doubt many people are curious, but if you are, here you go. My name is Woolie; Wools for you ladies, Wool for short and Woolziack if ya cool. I can't help to say that eating is one of my fav. things to do in my spare time. I enjoy watching people dance, blowing bubbles, texting, dressing up, playing random games online, and possibly anything out of the ordinary. A spork is definitely something I wish I invented. Other things I tend to do in my spare time: Ride on escalators Play tetris Play w/ Sudoku Wish on 11:11 Find bubble wrap and popping 'em Getting cereal box prizes Fuzzy Socks and hoodies make me feel warm and safe! My blog is dedicated to stories/pictures/blurbs of my life whenever I'm traveling. But I also love random memes of animals and food, and other funny/inspirational things. • Question me. • The Feed a Mammoth Project. • The Ordinary Life of a Mammoth.

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What Lobster Puff dreams are made of ✨ More than a month after our trip to ME, I find myself thinking about or craving these beauts at least once a week.

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It’s been forever since we’ve done a Shooter of any kind and this definitely reminded us of why we stopped in the first place 🙈

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Forevermore in pursuit of Eventide Oyster Co.’s Lobster Puff

Having been cooped up for far too long in our tiny BK studio apartment, we shellfishly (ba dum, tssss) decided it was time for a road trip up the coast to Portland, Maine.  It was a blissful 5 day away from the city and I now have dreams of the Lobster Puff from Eventide Oyster Co. Day 1 | November 4th

The drive up from NYC to Portland only took about 5 hours but felt forever after a full work day

Day 2 | 5th

Explored Old Port area (found boba milk tea at Uncharted, looked through some old records at The Merchant Co., checked out Sea Bags that makes bags out of old sails, walked through Longfellow Books) 

Grabbed drinks at the Portland Hunt & Alpine Club

Had dinner at Fore Street

Day 3 | 6th

WFH at the Airbnb 

Dinner at Scales

Day 4 | 7th

Went back to Uncharted for more milk tea

Drove through Fort Williams Park and saw the Portland Head Light

Checked out two Bite Into Maine’s back-to-back; the one at the park was much better, in my opinion

Killed time over drinks at Sebago Brewing Company at a Hampton Inn because we didn’t get to Eventide Oyster Co. early enough for a walk-in dinner

Stayed close to midnight at Eventide and had so, so, SO much food; ordered an extra order of their Lobster Puff for our drive back the next day

Day 5 | 8th

Checked out Harbor Fish Market for some fresh seafood to cook back in NYC

Had an early lunch at the OG Luke’s Lobster 

Drove back home wishing we had buffered more time to stop by kitschy landmarks along the way

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Our lunch at Blue Hill Stone Barns felt like such a luxury, especially during a pandemic. The drive out of the city to Stone Barns in itself felt like a staycation of sorts; it was so green and everything smelled so fresh. And that pork — MMM 😋

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We did a thing and moved to NYC.

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November 29, 2019 | día cuatro and Just 👏🏼 Couldn’t 👏🏼 Get 👏🏼 Over 👏🏼 This 👏🏼Ceiling 👏🏼 It’s my second time back in Mexico City and I made it a point to stop by the Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico just to enjoy this stained-glass roof by Tiffany & Co. again and it was so worth it.

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Amarellus | Ciudad de México, CDMX Mexico

On our most recent trip to Mexico City, we ordered one of the best milk green teas I’ve ever had~ And we stumbled upon the place entirely by happenstance!

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November 28th, 2019 | día tres and happy Thanksgiving! 

Some pictures of the pretty (and delicious!) food we had at Quintonil ✨

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Mexico City has some of the biggest and brightest sunflowers I’ve ever seen:

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November 27, 2019 | día dos

One of the best quesadillas I’ve had on this trip to Mexico City in my life is from Jenni’s - the famed quesadilla lady of Roma Norte posted up on the corner of Colima and Merida.

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Going through Euro trip pics, battling post-travel blues, and reminiscing on my favorite meal from this recent Paris trip - La Mère Poule | 101 Rue Oberkampf, 75011 Paris, France

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👦🏻: “When does it turn into a sparkly dildo?”

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A  G I A N T  Congratulations to Two of My Favorite People

Kick starting our Euro trip was a quick 27 hours in Vegas for Bears’ proposal to Wenders. Jase upgraded us to First Class on our bright and early 7a Alaska flight, which meant we were up at 4:45a for it, and we so, so wished this was for our LAS to EWR flight instead because we know we’re going to be screwed from the lack of sleep, but we don’t have any more Alaska/Virgin flights on the rest of our itinerary, so it was what it was and I am still grateful.  After landing in LAS, we picked up our rental van, and popped by Egg Works for some breakfast + for a quick work sesh. We tapped out at noon and headed to the Airbnb for a catnap before RiSE Festival. We started making our way out to Jean Dry Lake for RiSE around 4p, and from arrival to proposal, the time flew. When everyone’s (except Bear’s & Wenders’, as intended) lanterns have successfully floated off into the night sky, and as Wenders was trying to capture a video of the stunning sight, Bear walked her down memory lane before getting down on one knee and asking the question. From a shocked-silly Wenders: “Are you f*cking kidding me right now..” is the appropriate and acceptable reaction/response. Following RiSE, we headed back to the Airbnb for a quick a regroup before heading to Hash House A Go Go for a late night bite. And as we made our way out of the venue, the parking lot was a shit show - I accidentally drove in the oncoming traffic lane, and Wenders & I got to go over what had just happened (the proposal, not the traffic). In the years that I’ve known this darling gem, I have never, ever seen or heard her happier, and that makes me full of warm and fuzzy feelings, grinning silly head-to-toe. All the thought and planning Bear put into the proposal, everything leading up to the big moment, and the proposal itself was so precious, I had tears throughout - I find it extremely romantic that they had met in Vegas and they agreed to be each other’s for life in Vegas. It’s a full circle to the start of a new chapter in their lives. And Jason & I made it to Hash House’s parking lot, but decided then that we should probably head to our hotel for a good night’s rest before the official start to our Euro trip, aka a 5hr flight to NY + a 6hr layover + the actual flight into Spain. Goodnight for now.

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Just a little under a month

23 days till Vegas/Barcelona/Mallorca/Naples/Amalfi Coast/Positano/Rome/Paris trip with Bugs ♡

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A few of my fave Denver street art from over the wknd.

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Lok Baintan Floating Market | Banjarmasin, Indonesia 10/10 determined to experience a sunset at this floating market

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One of my favorite moments from our Portland, OR trip earlier this year was stopping by the LAIKA Studios (unannounced, of course - they don’t do official tours of their studio). If any Laika superfan happens to be in San Diego this wknd, the studios is doing a pop up event at 520 Fifth Avenue between 7/14 to 7/23. More deets and official hours can be found on their site: http://laika.com/