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- thai life
  
  Posted at 12:14 pm by jasminedesirees, on June 10, 2014
  
  I’ve only been here one day, but here’s what I’ve learned about Thailand so far.
  
  The people are nice. Like really nice. I thought people in South Africa were nice (they were) but we’ve met so many wonderful people already, including a street vendor who was so excited for us to be on this trip that he was almost crying (so was I) and a Thai businessman in the temple of the smiling Buddha that told us all about his life, gave us tons of tips and information, and taught us how to say a prayer to Buddha for a safe travels.
  
  It’s hot. Like don’t bother putting on clothes hot. We once rented a house in Zihuatanejo, Mexico that was at the top of about 500 stairs, and we stayed there when it was 100 degrees and so humid that everything was wet all the time. This is like that, but hotter and wetter. It’s basically pointless to shower.
  
  It’s beautiful. So far we’ve just been in Bangkok, which is a big city so lots of concrete, like anywhere (there’s a Starbucks around the corner), but we visited the King’s Palace, and some of the temples today, and it’s just mind-blowingly gorgeous.
  
  We leave for Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand tomorrow, and I’m so excited to see the country away from the big city.
  
  Posted in Thailand, travel | 0 Comments | Tagged adventures, bangkok, exploring, people, Thailand, travel
- see you soon then
  
  Posted at 11:25 am by jasminedesirees, on June 9, 2014
  
  I still can’t really grasp the concept that we’re actually not going to be going home for the rest of the year, I’m sure it’ll take some time for that to sink in.
  
  Luckily I had an amazing week in Montana with my family before we left, I couldn’t have really asked for a better send off. I’m obsessed with that place.
  
  Posted in family, Montana, travel, USA | 1 Comment | Tagged cabin, family, lake, Montana, travel
- gone girl
  
  Posted at 1:07 pm by jasminedesirees, on June 8, 2014
  
  Writing this from LAX, about to board a flight to Tokyo.
  
  My last long international flight was 5 years ago when I flew to South Africa.
  
  I ended up getting a severe case of kidney stones, mid-flight, had to be put on an IV and spent the rest of the flight writhing around in agony on the floor in the back of the plane.
  
  So a bit of room for improvement, you might say.
  
  Posted in travel | 2 Comments | Tagged flying, international, south africa, travel
- iron horse
  
  Posted at 9:58 am by jasminedesirees, on June 4, 2014
  
  My aunt was in Sonoma a few weeks ago for a class, so we met up with her for the afternoon. We went for lunch in Sebastapol, then headed out for some wine tasting.
  
  We just randomly picked a vineyard, and drove out through wine country, down a deserted, twisty gravel road. I figured it was either going to be completely gorgeous, or we’d be murdered by brigands.
  
  Luckily there wasn’t a brigand in sight, and I am still alive to post this.
  
  They specialized in sparkling wines, which are my favourite, but they also had a chardonnay flight and a red wine flight, so we got all three so we could try all of them. Our taste pourer was lots of fun and she kept “losing count” so we actually got tons of samples and were quite drunk by the end.
  
  She also mentioned that she gets to bring home any unfinished bottles at the end of the day. We went wine tasting in Livermore last summer, and the pourer there was a retired man who loved wine so much that he volunteered his time, and was paid in cases of wine. I think he was really on to something, and that is definitely a life goal for my later years.
  
  After our tasting we headed into Santa Rosa to check out the Russian River Brewing Company, a very popular spot that brews its own beer, to do some beer tasting (the boy is a good sport, but wine isn’t really his thing) but unfortunately the line was stretched around the block to get a table.
  
  We were just about to head home, when we spotted an adorable little mexican restaurant just down the street, so we stopped in for some tequila tasting and tapas instead.
  
  It was a lovely day, I’m always so excited when anyone from home comes to visit, because it doesn’t happen very often, and there are so many neat places in the Bay to see, but it’s way more fun when you’re showing someone around for the first time.
  
  Posted in California, exploring, San Francisco, travel, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged California, iron horse, sonoma, travel, wine country, wine tasting
- agenda
  
  Posted at 11:19 am by jasminedesirees, on June 3, 2014
  
  Our daily agenda in Montana is some variation on the following:
  
  9am: Creep leisurely out of bed for coffee, mimosas and fruit on the deck
  
  10:30am: Six mile run with my mom. We’ve been doing the same route for 5 years. Six miles in California would almost kill me, but here it’s no big deal. Perhaps it’s the omnipresent threat of bears.
  
  1:00pm: Lunch, either BBQ’d burgers or scavenged leftovers
  
  2:00pm: Twisted tea and margaritas on the dock, then out in the boat for tubing, surfing and wakeboarding.
  
  6:30pm: Sundrunk naps
  
  7:30pm: Wine and pre-dinner appetizers on the deck
  
  8:30pm: Supper time, either cooking at home or in to town to a restaurant
  
  10:00pm: Drinking games (we just got this one) or relaxing by the campfire
  
  I love it here, I’m never leaving, you can’t make me.
  
  Noticeably absent from the agenda? Pedicures. There is no grooming at the lake.
  
  Posted in family, Montana, travel, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged cabin, drunkapalooza, family, lake, Montana, travel
- content
  
  Posted at 2:13 pm by jasminedesirees, on May 30, 2014
  
  Writing this from the deck of my parents cabin in Montana.
  
  My whole family is here, I’ve got a Caesar in my hand, and baked brie in the oven.
  
  There is literally nothing else I could want at this moment.
  
  Posted in family, Montana, travel, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged family, lake, Montana, travel
- capitola
  
  Posted at 11:39 am by jasminedesirees, on May 29, 2014
  
  Capitola is one of my favourite spots in California. I could just go sit on the deck at Zelda’s and drink margaritas and enjoy the beach for hours. And also maybe pop over to Pizza My Heart for a slice, because, yum.
  
  I was really glad we were able to visit one last time before we leave, because it might be awhile before we’re able to get back there again. Plus we found a store there that sells Twisted Tea, in cans. It was a pretty spectacular day.
  
  And I’m a total sucker for those bright, colourful houses on the beach, one day I will rent one, even if I have to go stay there by myself.
  
  Posted in California, exploring, travel, USA | 3 Comments | Tagged beaches, California, capitola, travel
- preparation
  
  Posted at 11:26 am by jasminedesirees, on May 28, 2014
  
  On our way to Australia, we’ll be spending some time in Thailand, Cambodia, Bali and Singapore.
  
  Yesterday I spent 3 hours at the DMV, and then had to go to the doctor to get 5 shots. I hate shots. My dad once hired an off-duty nurse to come over to our house early in the morning to give us all flu shots, and I hid in my closet. And I was 18.
  
  And the only reason I came out at all was because my 8 year old little brother said “don’t worry jazzy, it’s not so bad, I’ll show you” and went first.
  
  But I know it’s all going to be worth it to see these amazing places in person.
  
  Posted in exploring, life, travel | 2 Comments | Tagged adventure, Bali, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, travel
- twelve days
  
  Posted at 10:26 pm by jasminedesirees, on May 27, 2014
  
  Today was running all sorts of errands to try to get a few more things knocked off my list.
  
  It was also the first day that I would have been working if I was still working, but I’m not, so I wasn’t.
  
  So I guess this is really happening then. Twelve days. Yikes.
  
  Posted in life, travel | 2 Comments | Tagged adventure, Australia, Bali, Cambodia, Pacific, Singapore, Thailand, travel
- just kids
  
  Posted at 1:42 pm by jasminedesirees, on May 23, 2014
  
  I haven’t had time to read very much lately, between packing and making plans for our trip, but I did recently finish Just Kids by Patti Smith. The memoir documents the relationship between artist/singer Patti Smith and artist Robert Maplethorpe in New York City in the late sixties and seventies.
  
  I had definitely heard of Smith before, but I wasn’t very well acquainted with any of her work, so I didn’t really know what to expect. Her memoir was interesting, I’ve always been fascinated by that time period, and Patti Smith goes into great detail about what it was like to live in New York then, and her encounters with icons like Andy Warhol and Janis Joplin.
  
  If you’ve read Just Kids and liked it, I also recommend Wonderful Tonight, by Patti Boyd, she was married to George Harrison of the Beatles, and later Eric Clapton, and she was a model in the sixties and seventies in London.
  
  She also has a lot of interesting stories about the time period, and it’s just neat to read about these incredibly famous and talented people that I’ve heard about all my life, from her perspective, hearing stories of them not as giants of art and entertainment, but friends and acquaintances.
  
  Posted in books | 0 Comments | Tagged book, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Just Kids, memoir, Patti Boyd, Patti Smith, Robert Maplethorpe, Wonderful Tonight
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