This is long overdue since I went on this trip 6 months ago.. but was still wanted to share. I love Cabo. The water, the culture, the shopping, the food. I love it all.
This trip was a little bit of adventure and a lot of relaxing since in treatment and my body can only handle so much. The girlfriends I was traveling with had never gone swimming with whale sharks, and even though I had before I said it was something everyone should experience so I was down to go again. I’ve written about swimming with these majestic beasts before and it is not a graceful doggie paddle around kind of swim, it’s a wild jump off a boat and swim for your life type of situation. I only lasted a few jumps and could not keep up at all so thankfully on one of the jumps, the guide took my hand and pulled me alongside the whale shark as my own personal motor.
Another thing I like to do is take a water taxi over to Divorce Beach and Lover’s Beach. It was whale season, so we just sat on shore and watched whales jump around. The whales were so active. My parents lived on Maui for several years so I’ve been around whales a lot but I’d never seen so many whales jump and splash around at the same time. It was incredible.
I’d say 85% of the reason I LOVE Cabo is for the food. I could eat fish tacos for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And pretty much did on this trip. The resort I stay at has an amazing taco bar but sometimes I venture off to other dining establishments. Some of my favorites are:
Mi Casa – The most colorful restaurant where you can watch them make tortillas.
LosTres Gallos– Amazing cocktails, festive flags, live music, and delicious food. Reservations recommended.
The Office – If you’re looking for a bachelorette dinner you need to come here. Also, a great place for people watching if you’re not on a bachelorette party. Def need a reservation. Just ignore the s word (snake) at the entrance. Ew.
I’m drooling just writing this. And now I’m craving Mexican food. And a trip back to Cabo. 😉
2020 has been such a strange year for everyone but I think my year has been a tiny bit crazier since I was diagnosed with leukemia. There are so many things that I miss since I’ve had to live in a bubble but instead of focusing on the negative, I’ve decided to make a list of things that I’m looking forward to doing once again.
1. Jumping in the ocean. I asked my doctor the other day if they’ll be taking out my PICC line when I move to the maintenance phase of my treatment and he said yes! Boom Shakalaka – that means I can jump in the ocean soon! And he’s like well you know the ocean is very cold right now. I was like I know but I’m just planning for the future and possibly a trip to Hawaii when it’s safe to travel again. But I don’t think I’ve ever gone this long without swimming in the ocean and this mermaid is craving a magical dip.
my happy place
2. Eating poke. Beacause of my treatment, I’m not allowed to eat raw fish and it’s torture. Every time my mum asks what I want to eat my answer is “poke” and then she says “you can’t have poke” and I say “but that’s what I want”. Anyway, I’ve tried imitation crab “poke bowls” to try and satisfy the hankering but it’s not the same! I want spicy ahi from Tamura’s.
this photo makes my mouth water
3. Dancing. I miss dancing Tahitian and hula so much. I can barely walk up stairs, my muscles are all shot and I have bad neuropathy so I couldn’t even fathom trying to dance right now but I will get stronger and will shake my booty again.
I’ve been following this TikTok famous woman on social who was diagnosed with leukemia a month before me. She’s an incredible mother of 5 young kiddos and has had such a rough cancer journey as well. She’s a dance teacher and has been dancing through her treatments and I’m so inspired by her positivity. But sometimes it makes me sad that I can’t dance like she can. My body just isn’t strong enough at the moment. I have to remind myself of that quote “comparison is the theif of joy” and just believe my body will heal miraculously and I will dance again.
miss my ori sisters too
4. Traveling. This is an obvious one. I’m used to traveling allllllll the time that it’s been so bizarre to just sit at home for months on end day dreaming about different cultures, food, architecture and people. My Pinterest is full of adventures to be had. I’m thinking Paris, Greece, and Prague, or maybe Thailand and Kuala Lumpur or New Zealand. The list goes on and on honestly… I am open to recommendations.
Dublin with my momma a couple years ago
5. Hiking. Like I said above, I can’t even climb stairs without it feeling like Mt. Everest so I can’t wait for my body to be strong enough to just even stroll through nature. I miss trees, fresh air, playing word games with friends on the way up and the views at the top. I also love that I feel closer to God when I hike.
trees make me feel small
6. Going to a Broadway show. When I was 10 years old my mum took me to New York for the first time and we saw Annie Get Your Gun with the incredible Bernadette Peters as Annie Oakley and I FELL IN LOVE with Broadway. My eyes were glued to the stage and I sat in pure wonderment for two hours. It encouraged me to pursue acting and shortly after that trip, I auditioned for a local summer program where we performed Into the Woods. I was cast as just a woodnymph (aka chorus background nobody) but it kicked off a passion for performing and I participated in many musicals for years to come. For my 12th birthday, my parents surprised me with FRONT ROW tickets to see Annie Get Your Gun at the Paramount in Seattle. We were so close the actors were spitting on us and I brought my best friend who’s a redhead and the main actress pointed to her as they took their bows and said there’s the next Annie and winked at us. It was so special.
My mum and I have been watching a lot of cheesy movies on Netflix lately but they’re set in NYC and it makes me want to visit so bad. As soon as I kick this cancer’s butt and covid gets under control, we are booking flights to the Big Apple and are going to as many shows as possible. Starting with Mean Girls.
Lady Liberty in all her glory
7. Visitingmuseums. I enjoy museums, fun installations, and art pop-ups. I like learning new things and all but one of my favorite things to do in an art museum is rename the pieces. You know like a super old Renaissance painting that should be named “Cardi B’s WAP” or something stupid to spice it up. LOL. I’ve considered curating my own pop-up museum but that sounds like a lot of work. It’s still on my bucket list for when I have more energy and/or win the lottery.
Not sure I quite understand contemporary art but I try
8. Social gatherings. I miss my friends. I want to throw a dinner party. I want to have a glass of wine in a bar. I want to eat chips and salsa at a Mexican restaurant. I want to go to a baseball game. I want to attend a picnic at the beach. I want to dress up and dance the night away at 80s night at the Belly Up. I want to hug my bff.
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I have high hopes for 2021 and just pray that we can all get back to a “normal life” soon. Ok your turn – what are y’all looking forward to doing most?
Sitting here getting chemo thinking about all the places I’d rather be.
Y’all already know it’s killing me to not be able to go on adventures. I’m making a list of places I want to go as soon as I get the ok from the doctor. Hurry up covid vaccine. Until then – everyone wear your masks. Please and thank you.
We went on this trip a couple years ago but I still feel like it’s worth sharing.
There’s this trippy painted mountain in the middle of the desert past Palm Springs. We decided to go during summer and it was well over 100 degrees. That meant we had the mountain almost to ourselves but we couldn’t last long in the heat. We were there long enough to snap some epic photos though. Take a look:
Salvation MountainOn the mountainIn the mountainTrying to survive the desert heat
After we hopped back into the air conditioned car we drove to the nearby neighborhood called “East Jesus” which was another strange sight. The only photos I took here have my ex boyfriend in them unfortunately except this one:
But it doesn’t do it justice so go look it up. We felt like we were in a weird Tim Burton movie and kind of like we might get murdered. So we skedaddled out of there pretty quickly and camped Joshua Tree. I’ll share some J Tree memories sometime soon.
Amelia and I are always on the look out for cool adventures
to do near us. We scour Pinterest for ideas and often times get discouraged
because it seems like we’ve done all the cool things in Southern California,
which clearly isn’t true but we still have a hard time finding new places to
explore. So I was stoked when she presented me with this one.
Disclaimer: I also have a hard time sharing locations of cool places because I hate when secret spots are no longer secret. I remember when we would to go Lanikai Beach on Oahu and there would only be a few other people there and then it was put in all the magazines are top 10 best beaches in the world and then it was jam packed with tourists at all times. But if places weren’t geotagged, I wouldn’t know where they were either. So you’re welcome, 4 followers of mine.
The hike was super easy to get to. It’s the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in Lake Forest next to a Ralphs. You have to pay $3 to park and the entrance is easy to locate.
I just read that there’s a lot of mountain lion attacks on this hike so maybe don’t go, or at least be on the look out. Haha I wish I would have known that before we went but oh well. The hike itself was mellow. It was pretty flat without a lot of incline BUT there were a million mountain bikers which made it difficult to hike because we kept having to pull over to let them by.
The total hike was about 4.2 miles and took almost two hours
(depending on how much time you spend in the canyon). We heard that it was a
good spot for sunset and we arrived to the canyon a little before sunset but I was
worried about daylight because it took us a little longer to hike in that I had
expected.
The hike looked pretty basic brown dirt and unexciting dying
brush and trees and we were wondering how on earth a canyon that looks like
Utah or Arizona would just appear but it did! Look how EPIC!
We started hiking out and it was getting dark fast. Bats
started flying around our heads. I kid you not. And then we heard creepy sounds
and it truly felt like a Halloween Hike. The last 15 minutes we were hiking in
the dark which made it even spookier. We used our phone flashlights and made it
out. So I don’t really recommend it for sunset unless you have flashlights and
enjoy night hiking. For three girls and a baby, it was a little much.
The best part of making it out alive was that there’s a
McDonalds across the street! I crave orange soda after I break a sweat so this
was a win for me.
2019 has been a weird year. I turned 30 last December and then… I broke up with my loser boyfriend, quit my job of almost 5 years, moved out of my beautiful rent controlled apartment in West Hollywood and moved to San Diego. Since then I’ve traveled to Europe, went to Hawaii, started a new job, quit said job, went back to Hawaii, started another new job, quit that job, traveled back to Hawaii and here we are now! Super lost and broke… guess it’s time to start a blog.
I’d always wanted to start some sort of blog but was afraid that I didn’t have enough to say or that people wouldn’t be interested in my opinions or thoughts. During this strange transition year I’ve adapted more of an “ef it” mentality. Who cares? I’m going to do this for me. And I think I’m pretty groovy.
Follow along for my adventures, crazy stories, random DIY attempts, creative nonsense and more!
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