If you’ve been following along with I’m Taking Off since I started this blog last year, you may have gleaned a few things about me. I’m obsessed with Paris, I love to eat and I love books! Keeping those last two passions of mine in mind, I decided to start a new feature on ITO where I highlight a restaurant and bookstore that I frequent, whether here at home in Los Angeles or while I’m traveling. So this will be…
Sometimes I have to remind myself that to travel does not only mean to travel far. Given my job, I can’t always hop on flight after flight and jet off to…
If you recall, I was torn as to where I should celebrate my birthday. Unable to travel out of the country, I settled on three potential day trip options: 1) Catalina…
If you’re reading my travel blog, chances are you read other travel blogs (or maybe just mine, and if so, you’re my favorite reader!). And if you read other travel blogs…
Today marks thirty years that I have been in this world and an incredible thirty years it has been! Although I’ve experienced my fair share of hardships and low points, I…
As of the publishing of this post, I’m less than two weeks away from my celebrating my 30th birthday! It is a milestone I am very excited about reaching, and I…
Because I don’t get to travel as often as I would like, I feed my wanderlust by always thinking ahead and planning the when, what, and wheres of my next adventure.…
Although I was born and raised in Los Angeles, I call a smaller city about 20 minutes outside of LA home at the moment. Long Beach is a beautiful city that…
This is a post I’ve meant to get around to for a while now. I was finally inspired by something I saw on Instagram the other night. I saw a post…
Something I always look forward to when traveling, whether domestically or internationally, is the food! I love to eat so of course I love to see the best a city has…
My friend had a family event to attend in his hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, so I went along for the ride. I spent my last say in the DMV (DC-Maryland-Virginia) area…
As I’ve mentioned before, I love Washington D.C. Before this trip, I had only been once before, for less than 48 hours, but it was a place I instantly clicked with.…
When I started this blog, I had a hard time figuring out who I wanted my audience to be and finding my voice. I wanted to be myself, but I didn’t…