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…
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…
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…
Los Angeles and its neighboring cities have their fair share of museums. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), the Natural History Museum (NHM), take your…
There are very few expressions of art that I don’t love. I look at dancers, writers, actors and other creatives in awe because they possess unique talents that everyone does not…
If you recall my 5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Weekend post, one of my suggestions was to pack a bag and get on the road right after work.…
When I was a little girl, my parent’s bank was in Downtown Los Angeles, so frequently I got to accompany them when they went. I remember being enamored with the tall…
As I mentioned in my post about Santa Monica, I’m attempting to re-discover and get reacquainted with Los Angeles so this weekend I spent some time in Venice, CA. I love…
One of my favorite bands, Alabama Shakes (GET INTO THEM!), announced they were going on tour, and there was no chance in hell I was going to miss out on this…