usa travel guide

keeping portland weird

My family has started to adopt this mentality that we can celebrate family and each other on made up holidays that are not the typical Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays. So this year, we decided to all experience a new city together as our family get-together. So we all packed up our bags from different locations and flew to Portland for a fun 4 day adventure!

first trip to nyc

Visiting New York City has been on the top of my list for some time now because who doesn't like to explore high density city life with all the cafes, shops, bars, and restaurants?! The last trip I took to NYC was on my school's 8th grade field trip so this time, as an adult, I wanted to explore New York from a bit of a local's perspective with some landmarks and museums. Here is how I explored NYC and Brooklyn in 4 days.