We’re getting extra close to Christmas, and consequently, I knew I had to make it up to the city to check out all the holiday cheer. I grew up in San Diego, the land of palm trees (and lack of…
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San Jose’s Most Instagrammable Walls
When I first moved to San Jose, the general consensus was that not much was happening. Downtown was filled with boarded up buildings and homeless people and that was about it. While the boarded up buildings and homeless people are…
Bay Area Day Trips: Davenport , California
One of the things I love most about California is that as you drive along the coast, you never know what hidden beautiful enclaves you’ll come across. I was scoping the depths of Instagram when I came across the beachside…
Day trip to Capitola, CA
Capitola, CA is a small beachside community within the city of Santa Cruz. While Santa Cruz is often mentioned in connection to the university (University of California at Santa Cruz) and for being the closest beach to the San Jose…
How I cut my credit card bill in half: 4 Tips for Budgeting in the Bay Area
The major response I received when I first told people I was moving from Seattle to the Bay Area was “Do you know how expensive it is to live in the Bay?” (That’s also the same response I received when…
