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- rtw
  
  Posted at 1:24 am by jasminedesirees, on November 27, 2013
  
  I’ve been looking into an Around the World ticket for a few years now, I’ve had friends that used them and honestly, it seems like the best thing you could ever spend your money on (I’ve been trying to remember that when I see a new shirt or pair of shoes that I think I need to have). You can spend as long as you want in each place, and then move on to the next one when you’re ready.
  
  We’ve been saving money for a big trip for a couple of years now, we’re planning to go next summer. I’m getting excited because it’s creeping closer but also a little bit nervous. There are so many places I’d like to go, and it scares me sometimes because I’m worried I won’t be able to go everywhere I want to.
  
  I think people put things off sometimes because we keep telling ourselves we have lots of time, that we can always do it later. But the truth is that none of us really knows how long we have. If something is really important to you, you need to make it a priority, and do everything you can to make it happen now.
  
  There are a few different companies that offer RTW tickets, I’ve been looking into this one and this one so far.
  
  An example of my dream itinerary
  
  Posted in life, travel | 0 Comments | Tagged around the world, rtw, travel, world travel
- makai
  
  Posted at 10:19 pm by jasminedesirees, on November 6, 2013
  
  A few more picture from my trip. Ok a lot more pictures. I literally can not resist taking a billion pictures, it’s so beautiful there. Even when I lived there, my phone was just full of pictures of the places I saw every single day.
  
  You would think it would get old, but it really doesn’t. Just when you think you’re immune, it sneaks up on you and takes your breath away again.
  
  cromwells
  
  I have this dress in black and white, and it’s a bit of a struggle to wear anything else, ever
  
  Brandy Melville
  
  these trees make me happy
  
  Ocean House in Waikiki. Almost too beautiful to eat, best served with a POG mimosa
  
  hello lover
  
  brunch with my second family
  
  Posted in family, Hawaii, life, travel, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged birthday, family, Hawaii, Oahu, travel
- surprise
  
  Posted at 8:03 pm by jasminedesirees, on November 5, 2013
  
  My little rat sister turned 21 last Tuesday, and I really wanted to be there to celebrate with her. One night in August after a lot of red wine I decided to buy a ticket to Hawaii without telling her about it. As it got closer, I started to get really nervous. What if she had plans or was not that excited to see me? I felt like she would be really excited but I’ve seen too many romantic comedies not to appreciate the true awfulness of a grand gesture gone wrong.
  
  I flew in last Wednesday night and walked up to what I hoped was the right door (I’d never been to her place before). She opened the door, and absolutely did not recognize me at first. An instant later when she realized it was me she got a look of sheer terror on her face, like she thought I might be there to tell her some really bad news.
  
  A second after that she must have remembered that it was her birthday and put the pieces together, because she was really excited and happy to see me, and I didn’t have to go sleep on the beach for the night.
  
  I had such a fun weekend, I love hanging out with my sister, and her friends on the island are really fun. Hawaii is my favourite place in the world and always will be, I feel happiest and most like myself when I’m there.
  
  Posted in family, Hawaii, life, travel | 0 Comments | Tagged birthday, family, Hawaii, life, surprises, travel
- move
  
  Posted at 12:07 am by jasminedesirees, on October 8, 2013
  
  Love this.
  
  Posted in exploring, life, loveliness, travel | 0 Comments | Tagged adventure, explore, life, loveliness, travel, video
- birthday plans
  
  Posted at 6:22 pm by jasminedesirees, on October 4, 2013
  
  Next week is Derek’s birthday, I’ve been trying to decide what to get him. Last year, we went on a road trip down the coast and just kind of crept around Santa Cruz, Monterey and Carmel exploring. It was really fun and spontaneous.
  
  I’d really like to do something like that again this year, I was thinking Morro Bay. There is so much beautiful coast line in this state, and I’d like to see as much of it as possible while we’re here. We even bought a tent this summer that hasn’t been used once as I bought it for a camping trip and then ended up sleeping in the boat under the stars.
  
  We’re so busy this month that we wouldn’t be able to go until November, but it’s California, how cold can it be by then, really? I’ve camped many a May long weekend in Canada where there was snow on the ground and nothing but red Sourpuss and Sky Blue coolers to keep me warm.
  
  There is something so romantic and wonderful about just getting in the car and driving with no real plans. Maybe we’ll make it to the campgrounds, maybe we won’t. Maybe we’ll visit Hearst Castle, maybe we’ll get mugged on the beach. It’s a mystery, but I bet you it will be a memorable weekend.
  
  We’re seeing Matt Nathanson at the Fox Theater in Oakland tonight, I saw him last year at Now and Zen and he is great live, so great that I am willing to overlook his nose ring.
  
  Also on the agenda for this weekend, a massage, book club, and making perogies for Thanksgiving next Sunday while I creep all over the internet trying to find season 4 of Downton Abbey because it doesn’t air in ‘merica until January.
  
  Posted in California, exploring, life, travel, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged birthday, explore, life, road trip, travel
- hello goodbye
  
  Posted at 10:35 pm by jasminedesirees, on September 25, 2013
  
  I still don’t know my way around here very well, probably because I’ve been so dependent on technology that I’ve never had to learn. My phone GPS is broken right now, so on the way home from San Jose last weekend, we ended up getting lost and going through San Francisco, which worked out anyway because I had a friend visiting and she wanted to see the city.
  
  It was a gorgeous day, not a lot of traffic, the sun shining and good tunes on the radio, and as we drove north on the 101 and came around the last curve and saw the San Francisco laying out in front of us, with it’s cute, colourful houses on the hillsides and the skyline off in the distance, I realized for the first time that I really love this city.
  
  It would be just like me to finally notice that just as we’re starting to get serious about planning where we want to go next, but you can’t have everything in life. The transition to living here was definitely rough, I’ve never been so lonely and homesick in my life, including when I moved to an island in the middle of the ocean without knowing a single person.
  
  It was a great experience for me in hindsight, nothing helps you figure out who you are faster than no longer have anyone around you to tell you who they think you should be. It’s scary at first, but once you figure out that the only opinion that really matters is your own, even if it’s because there is nobody left around you to have an opinion, it’s very freeing.
  
  Looking back, I can pretty clearly see how each new place I’ve lived has changed me and shaped my viewpoint, and I know I’m very fortunate to have had the ability to live in so many wonderful places. I can’t wait to see what is in store for me when I get to my next new home.
  
  Posted in exploring, life, San Francisco, travel | 0 Comments | Tagged exploring, home, life, San Francisco, travel, wander
- ale trail
  
  Posted at 6:39 pm by jasminedesirees, on September 17, 2013
  
  I was only going to take 1 day off work for Nic’s wedding, and fly to Oregon on Thursday, but then I heard the slate of activities that were planned for the bachelorette party and I had to immediately change my plans.
  
  We went on the Ale Trail, a local institution in Bend, which is a 16 person bar/bicycle that let’s you pedal/drink your way from bar to brew pub, all over town. It was so much fun, and also sort of a workout. I think if more workouts involved alcohol and a bunch of friends, people would always be in peak physical condition.
  
  Our bar driver was a doll, and we ended up picking up a topless troubadour, whom we invited along because we thought he was a friend of our driver, but at the end of the tour we were informed that he was actually just a random homeless guy who came along for the ride.
  
  As an added bonus, one of the breweries we went to was called the Boneyard. If you knew me during my time on the island, you will probably be as excited as we were, and will likely fully support our decision to buy matching Boneyard hats.
  
  If you’re ever in Bend with some good friends and a few spare hours to kill, definitely check out the Ale Trail, more info here.
  
  boneyard for life
  
  bride’s bitches
  
  Posted in Oregon, travel, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged ale trail, bachelorette, beer, Bend, biking, friends, oregon, wedding
- go
  
  Posted at 9:23 pm by jasminedesirees, on September 9, 2013
  
  Watching this video really makes you want to book a trip. I was kind of on the fence about a trip I was thinking of taking next month, there are always reasons to say no and just stay at home, but I decided to go for it. I read somewhere that if you’re having trouble deciding what to do, you should do what you’ll wish you would have done when you’re 80 years old.
  
  When I’m 80, hopefully playing bingo and skinny dipping every day, I think that it is much more likely that I’ll regret staying at home more than I’ll regret a crazy, expensive weekend in Vegas with my favourite girls, so why not?
  
  Posted in exploring, happiness, inspiration, life, loveliness, travel | 0 Comments | Tagged go, life, travel
- lacma
  
  Posted at 9:14 pm by jasminedesirees, on August 27, 2013
  
  Last time we were down in L.A. I dragged Derek to LACMA. I like doing things like that, just going somewhere I’ve never been before and seeing something new. Some of the pieces in there were really neat, and now I’m even more eager to go to some of the amazing museums in San Francisco.
  
  The only bad thing was that a lot of the exhibits were closed when we were there, and they had almost one whole building closed off for a Stanley Kubrick exhibit that you had to pay twice as much to get into.
  
  But I did get to see the unnecessarily large amount of light poles outside, so all in all, not bad.
  
  it’s right beside the La Brea tar pits, so you find random tar bubbling up here and there
  
  Posted in art, exploring, travel | 0 Comments
- more montana memories
  
  Posted at 4:53 pm by jasminedesirees, on July 16, 2013
  
  More pictures from our July 4th Montana trip. So excited to go back in August, and next time my big sister is coming and bring her two kids, aka my favourite people in the world.
  
  Mom’s Hawaiian martinis. The drink is delicious, the pineapple tastes like paint thinner
  
  the beast
  
  love these two
  
  so beautiful here
  
  basically taught her everything she knows
  
  fireworks over the lake
  
  me and billy jean
  
  skills, NBD.
  
  Posted in family, life, Montana, travel, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged family, martinis, Montana, summer, travel
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