THE Hamptons - LA - Mammoth - Bahamas - LA

Fourth of July weekend in THEEEE HAAAmptons, Darling. Avoided most of humanity in the pool. Plus fire on the beach - dug and created by me - after stumbling upon such glowing beach fires after July 4th fireworks.

I feel like I missed some locations. But it might just be that I gave up my apartment to NYC apartment hell and two weeks before departure moved some of my belongings into a storage unit and gave up the rest. Backpack, purse, and camera, and I'm off to LA, I learned my pack light lesson years ago and am thankful I remembered it - it may have taken a few heavy loads.

LA - wonderful friends, unique job, and sun. I find myself putting in "____'s couch" into my calendar. I'm coordinating my "home".

Quick 1 night Mammoth trip for a Peru Volunteer House meeting

BAHAMAS - Josh & Annah wed-cation. (wedding #3) So much love for these two. The whole thing made me feel so adult. A VACATION, what is that word you ask? It's where you feel like your brain and body is in slow motion. Where the sun beats down and you drink straight from a machet-ed off coconut at 9am on a Monday for breakfast and follow breakfast 10min later by adding rum to the next coconut. I let my brain stop.

 I also checked a fear of flying step off my list. Propellers. Done. Survived.

Seattle again, & weddings begin - Virginia, Vermont...

SO behind on travels -

Won't try to keep track of all my Vermont comings and goings. But there are visits. Quiet, green, and smokey fire visits.

Was back in Seattle for a shoot beginning of June. That place is beautiful, so much water, huge mountains, and low layered clouds that look like they're from a 3-D painting. Also lucked out with sun for 3 days, although one morning was advised to be thankful for the "bright grey". Had a few free moments at the end and overlapped with Josh who was in town on a different job - thanks to near constant travel, at some point our paths had to cross. We wandered the city with no plan and ended just where I wanted - kayak rental.

Got back to NYC on a redeye to go straight to the office on Tuesday. Brushing teeth in the office bathroom has become a thing. Then Friday night I headed to -

VIRGINIA for 1 out of possibly 6 weddings this year. Maybe I'll figure out the whole reasoning behind weddings / marriage after all this.

First guess: Awesome reason to get together with old and new friends from all over and have a huge party like no other.


Week back in NYC then wedding #2 VERMONT

Second guess: Bring together family and keep traditions (I do love Halloween after all), and give thanks




Third guess: someone has to say "forever" in order to believe and agree, might as well remember forever with a party (optimist believing in forever)