I am no artist. My drawing skills are so heinous that I used to ask my little sister do my posters for school presentations. I tried to take an art class once, but when I proudly displayed my moon-over-the-ocean landscape that more resembled a Moon-Over-My Hammy breakfast plate, the teacher just patted me on the… Continue reading The Painted Cabernet: Getting classy drunk with a paintbrush
Author: kaleenamq
Taking risks and why I’m moving to South Korea
Risk: “Exposure to the chance of injury or loss” I always considered myself a “risky” person in life. I enjoy jumping out of perfectly good airplanes; swimming to the bottom of the ocean; rappelling down steep cliff sides; gallivanting through third world countries alone; hanging upside down on a rope in aerial class. Everyone always says,… Continue reading Taking risks and why I’m moving to South Korea
Travel Tuesday: The Perfect Vacation Day
On days like today when I am frustrated, tired, and wondering what really is the point of life if it’s going to be such drudgery, I find myself drifting off into my travel memories of warm beaches, mountainous vistas, urban sparkles, and quiet desert solitude. I have a handful of experiences that I mentally keep… Continue reading Travel Tuesday: The Perfect Vacation Day
7 Things I Love About My Commute
Desk jobs have a tendency to make you feel fat. Well, actually, they have a tendency to make you fat, which in turn makes you feel fat. It’s a vicious cycle. Recently, however, I decided to put an end to all this fatness business and be all hip and trendy with a “standing desk”. I… Continue reading 7 Things I Love About My Commute
Travel Tuesday: Sunsets and Beaches of the Philippines
When I was trying to decide what to share this week for Travel Tuesday I knew I wanted to talk about my trip to the Philippines last year, but where to begin? There are so many stories… Like the night we slept on a beach as the only inhabitants on a tiny island; or the… Continue reading Travel Tuesday: Sunsets and Beaches of the Philippines
What happens when you crash a wedding in cowboy boots
Sometimes, you’re sitting at home on a Saturday night, minding your own business and eating homemade pumpkin ice cream and listening to depressing music, when you receive numerous texts coercing you to “come to this cowboy themed wedding right now”. You may politely decline, with words such as “I will not crash the wedding of… Continue reading What happens when you crash a wedding in cowboy boots
On cake and life lessons
I sat at the kitchen table and sliced my fork through the leftover half of the double layer cake. Funfetti, mmm. A party in my mouth. To my right, a cup of frozen yogurt; to my left, a box of gourmet cupcakes. As I raised the fork to my mouth, I frowned and pondered aloud,… Continue reading On cake and life lessons
Travel Tuesday: Surprise Parade in Panama City
After living in a hut in the jungle for a year, you’d probably be fiending for some cheese, too. MY LONG TIME FRIEND, Hallie, and I had just emerged from her site in the Panamanian jungle as a peace corps volunteer and survived a grueling 12-hour… Continue reading Travel Tuesday: Surprise Parade in Panama City
Travel Tuesday: The Sailing Incident of Buenos Aires
My little blog is trying to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. Like the awkward adolescent I was, she is a bit gawky, still has some pimples, and struggles with her sense of identity (at least she doesn’t hang every 1999 ‘Got Milk’ celebrity mustache advertisement on her walls like… Continue reading Travel Tuesday: The Sailing Incident of Buenos Aires
50 Shades of my Absurd Dating Life
It’s hard to believe a year has gone by of sleeping alone in my own bed. To commemorate the occasion, I’ve decided to reflect on the last year of my “romantic” life, and in doing so, I’ve realized I might as well share it with the… Continue reading 50 Shades of my Absurd Dating Life
A Local’s Guide to the Perfect Sunday in Santa Barbara
My skin is sun drenched and my brain is fuzzy with blissful exhaustion. I’m not on vacation, I’m not on some remote tropical island, I’m not even celebrating anything–today was just another Sunday afternoon here in Santa Barbara. And yet, it was perfect. It never ceases to amaze me how lucky I am to live… Continue reading A Local’s Guide to the Perfect Sunday in Santa Barbara
Purple Fingers and Golden Pastures: My Po-Dunk Paradise
When I finally pulled into my dad’s driveway after the exhausting but familiar eight hour drive, he was just returning home from the lawn mower races at the county fair. “Dang it, I missed them! How did Tim do?” “Oh, he was doing good at first, he had the lead until he threw a belt… Continue reading Purple Fingers and Golden Pastures: My Po-Dunk Paradise