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Bad Beaches


The cure for anything is - apparently - salt water.

I'd like to agree, but the seaside is literally nothing without good company. Fortunately, I had plenty of both today.

My friends (Lauren, Richie, and Minah) and I headed down to Malibu early this morning to spend the day at Leo Carillo State Beach. This beach is my favorite local beach and I highly recommend this underrated gem to anyone who might be in the area! There are a lot of tidepools and caves to explore and it generally has a pretty great view.

August barely started, but this trip to the beach has been my first this entire summer (if you don't count Hawaii...?). I'm trying as much as possible to have more days like today before school starts - basically wanting to wring out all the fun that the rest of the summer could possibly ever provide for me before it's too late.

Either way, today was great. We trudged through sand, screamed more than children in the ocean, fell from the force of the waves, and got kicked out from some tidepools by a lifeguard. Fun fun fun - and I've got all the tan lines to prove it.

Home Alone: Series 2 - Day At The Museum


In case you didn't know, Night At The Museum is probably within the top 5 of my Guilty Pleasures Movie List (which is totally a thing).

My parents have decided to leave me home alone again for two days, so, naturally, my friend (Lauren) and I have taken a little rendezvous to the Natural History Museum.
















For our shenanigans after the museum, I unfortunately did not take any photos, but I'll tell you what we did anyway.

After the Natural History Museum, we headed out to Larchmont Bungalow, where we ate over-priced and pretty-looking sandwiches. We walked up and down that street for a bit and checked out some clothing stores, too. Finally, we finished off the night by going to Da Poetry Lounge for the first time - a really great experience that I 10/10 recommend if you're ever in the area! We've both always been really into spoken word, and finally seeing it performed live was a dream come true.

Home Alone


My family has left me for Yosemite for the next 3 days, meaning I have the house to myself and (almost) absolute social freedom! Opportunities like this can't be wasted, so, I started my parentless adventures with Justine today.

I picked her up around 4 P.M., with no idea or direction of where we were going or what we were doing, only knowing that we would be heading into DTLA and would probably end the night at the Griffith Observatory. We landed at an ice cream place called Scoops.


Afterwards, we headed to The Last Bookstore, located in the heart of LA. This place is every art hoe's dream; I seriously could have spent hours just wandering around the store. Not to mention, every corner I turned had me pulling out my phone to take photos.









Our night ended on a high note (... literally *ba dum tss* ..... I hope no one is reading this.) at the Griffith Observatory. The view of the sunset, Los Angeles skyline, and Hollywood sign had me feeling some typa way. The exhibits inside were interesting, and we probably would've been more enthusiastic about it all if we weren't completely starving.








We ended up eating at Dog Haus, aka the best hot dog experience of my life. Oh my god, the only thing my hot dog was missing was a tuxedo and a wedding ring so I could marry it.


All in all, a pretty cool day.

Hawaii Withdrawals

Last week, I had the privilege of going to Hawaii with one of my best friends and her family. The experience was so, so, so worthwhile, and I couldn't have been more grateful for how lovely that trip was.

Okay, so I'll be posting a few of the many photos I took from last week in this post, and some ootd photos in a separate post, and the edits and styles in the photos here are probably gonna be inconsistent so bare with me please.

Day 1:


On the first day, we arrived at Honolulu around 11 A.M. We spent most of that day taking care of business (i.e. the car rental stuff, grocery shopping, checking into our hotel). When Kristen and I got time for ourselves, we walked to the beach outside our hotel and chilled there for a bit. 

Day 2:




Day 2 was dedicated to driving around the island to look at a few beaches and take a few tourist-esque photos. We ended up spending some time at Halona Blowhole Lookout. There, Kristen and I swam for a bit and then climbed some of the rocks to explore. Not gonna lie, we sang a lot of The Little Mermaid songs that day.

It was also Father's Day, so at night we headed to a nearby sushi restaurant and celebrated! (The sushi was glorious, in case you were wondering.)

Day 3:





The morning of the third day, we hiked up Diamondhead and enjoyed the view. Afterwards, we went to Hanauma Bay to go snorkeling! 

Day 4:






So, I forgot the name of the first waterfall we hiked up to, but all I know is that the hike was long, narrow, muddy, and completely worth it. I'm not much of an outdoorsy-typa-girl but even I could still appreciate all of Mother Nature's beauty that day. Afterwards, we went to Waimea Valley, where there was also another waterfall that we could actually swim in. 

Day 5:








I'd like to refer to this day as the "Cultural Day." In the morning, we spent some at at the Iolani Palace, listening to a self-guided audio tour. I love history, so this part was definitely one of the biggest highlights of my trip. I highly recommend anyone visiting Oahu to visit the palace and to take their time on the tour! There were a lot of interesting, albeit a little sad, facts about the palace and the royal family.

Afterwards, we headed to the Polynesian Cultural Center. It was kind of like a theme park, but just no rides and more educational? They also offer luaus at this place, and the food was amazing. Just another reason to love Hawaii.

Day 6:







We hiked in the morning at the Makapu'u trail, but Kristen and I went off course to venture down into the tidepools. The lady we spoke to on the phone the day before warned us not to go down there because people have apparently died on the trip down, either because the offcourse trail's a little tricky or because of the high tides and strong currents. The hike down was pretty terrifying at times (but, then again, I'm just scared of heights) but so, so, so worth it. The tidepools were just really pretty and so refreshing to swim in after the hike. Because we didn't bring any bathing suits, we ended up just swimming in the tidepools in our workout clothes. If I could go back to any moment in Hawaii, this would be it.

After that, we all went paddle boarding at one of the local beaches. Paddle boarding, as I came to realize, is a lot harder than it looks like. And that's probably because I'm the most uncoordinated person I know. It was a lot of fun though and I'd definitely do it again - even if I did fall off my board three times.

Day 7:

Okay, no photos here because I didn't bring my phone with me, but we went ziplining! The view was great, the feeling was exhilarating, and the instructor was really cute. 10/10 day for me.
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