A Day in the Life: Nyck Caution
The Ace Hotel is a grand old place in Downtown LA, but not such a great place to find parking. I circled it for what felt like hours in the June heat, but must have been about 20 minutes. Finally I gave
Top 5 Moments at Lightning in a Bottle
Now that I’ve had a while to collect myself after the Do-Lab’s dream world – Lightning in a Bottle – arguably the best time of my life, here are my top five moments from the festival: Desert Hearts: If you’ve never heard of Desert Hearts before, you’re missing out. This San Diego-based touring house team …
Florence – A Box of Chocolates
As a recovering Yelp addict, I used to always want to know where the best spots were, what was trending, what people enjoyed. In San Diego, I visited new restaurants, museums, installations, photo spots. I compared my experiences to those I found on Instagram, Pinterest, Yelp, Facebook. Then I realized I always went in with …
Rainy Rome Reflections
My freshman year at San Diego State, I took a sustainable development class and we talked a lot about all the aspects of sustainability. The definition of sustainable is “able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.” It’s not just recycling and cleaning beaches. It’s not just bringing reusable bags to the grocery store …
Mindfulness in Rome
I am sitting on a covered rooftop balcony in Rome, Italy reading Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan, an exploration of the benefits of mindfulness and self-awareness. Tan explains the phenomenon he calls “Expensive Food Meditation,” where people tend to appreciate expensive food more and take their time. He argues that if we treated every …
WooCommerce Product Basics & Keywords
This first video, from is a basic introduction into adding new products into your WooCommerce site. Be sure to have information on hand, like descriptions, numbers, variations, pricing, and tags before you create a new product. https://woocommerce.com/videos/woocommerce-variable-product-overview/ This second video helps explain variable products ( ie, products with different colors, sizes, and patterns). These can …
Letter to an Incoming Freshman
Hello everyone, It’s Paige! I know it’s been a while since I last wrote, but it’s not something you can rush. When blogging becomes a chore, it looses its spark. So tonight, I’m going to talk to you all about my experience over the last year and a half, in the form of a …
Paris, France June 2015
Day 1 I’ve been dreaming of Paris ever since I was a little girl, and I can’t believe I’m actually here. The journey here was quite exciting; Owen and I had dance breaks on the plane every few hours and our family had to sprint across the Dallas Fort Worth airport to get to our …
Chamonix, France June 2015
Hello Everyone, I’m writing from my bed in Chamonix. From here, I can see Mt. Blanc and watch as the clouds play hide-and-seek with the mountains. I can hear the river cheerfully gurgling by, the birds chirping melodically. The temperature is perfect, about 75 degrees. All of our windows are wide open and the occasional …