April showers bring May flowers…or something like that. Where I live, the Spring rain starts in March and rain and thunderstorms pop up frequently until October. Here are a few suggestions for combating a rainy day attitude.

photo by neloqua

Decoupage! Turn shoe boxes into storage containers for photos, or revamp a hideous picture frame.
Lay in bed [...]

photo by Mineral Magic
It seems that some of my most popular entries are “how tos” for selecting beauty products, so here are a few tips for the most important product that you can have – foundation.
Why is foundation so important? Foundation does two things: it evens out skin tone, and it provides a base for [...]

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By the time I was in 6th grade I had already been suffering from a severe case of cystic acne for about a year. This was quite traumatic for me, since none of my peers in school had reached that point in their life and because I was constantly teased at home by [...]

I’ve spent most of my afternoon reading the blog My Marrakesh. Everything about it is enthralling: the images, the text, and the underlying story of the author. Who doesn’t dream of moving to an exotic foreign country, especially one like Morocco, and starting a new life full of color and beauty?

The blog is run [...]

Well, I only have about 4 weeks of classes left until summer, so I thought I’d put together a summer reading list. I’m notorious for buying books and then never reading them; personally I don’t see how one can have too many books. So this summer I’m going to attempt to read some of the [...]

So I wrote this earlier this afternoon, and then didn’t publish it because I thought today was Tuesday. I am a confused individual. You can’t really go see Costa Rica in a weekend, but whatever…this is my guide, based on my trip, to visiting Costa Rica.

Where to Visit:
I’m doing this solely as a review of [...]

Alright, I’ve changed the sizes of the images from Costa Rica, so hopefully the page will load faster from now on.

photo from the ferry to Puntarenas
Day 8: Montevede We made reservations with Sy Trek to take their zip line tour. We thought the tour would be a leisurely zip line through the forest, where we [...]

Day 5: Travel to Montezuma & Montezuma After spending the entire day and night in Jaco sick, I felt much better the next morning. We took advantage of our included breakfast and then took a taxi to Playa Herradura to catch the speed boat to Montezuma. There was some chaos here: apparently there are two [...]

So, my Costa Rica trip was full of drama, some relaxation, and a lot of traveling. This first entry is a jounal of the various events which took place during our trip, and I will follow it up with an entry specifically of suggestions and tips for travel to Costa Rica.

photo from the window of [...]

My apologies for being so late in posting this! I have a very strange story which I’ll post shortly explaining why I’ve been gone for the past couple days.

“Boston Harbor,” by Greg MacKay
We all cherish our weekends, so why not turn them into little adventures? How about a weekend road trip to Boston, MA? Based [...]