We had heard, very vaguely, that there was some kind of dancing going on over in Harajuku over the weekend, so we figured we would stop by and see what was up. We were in no way prepared for what we were about to see. Total visual explosion of the weirdest kind. Apparently, what we [...]

I know I have been MIA, but between preparing for Japan and the actual conference things have been pretty crazy. Yesterday, which was Sunday for me, I went to Harajuku with one of my new found conference friends. I have some photos of an amazing dance festival that we came across, but I figure I’ll [...]

I am going to be in Tokyo for 3+ weeks! I’m going to a conference as well as the Judo World Championship (sweet!) but that’s as far as I’ve planned. I have no idea where I’m staying! Hooooooooo! If you know of any fashion or travel bloggers based out Tokyo or have any travel suggestions [...]

Okay, so my trip to Washington was not exactly a “weekend vacation” by myself, but I think it does count. I mean, spending two weeks by yourself in a hotel room is pretty intense. Especially when that hotel room does not have internet. Seriously, can you even imagine such a thing? For the purposes of [...]

Austin was a total success, hurrah!
Exciting points of interest include:

Lounging at Barton Springs
Finding awesome stores (Uncommon Objects and Maya being my favorites)
Swimming at Greenbelt
Bedazzled cow skulls (welcome to Texas!)
Purchasing absurd quantities of candy from Big Top
Eating delicious food all week (Vino Vino, Perla’s, etc.)
Getting awkward lap dances from strange men
Awesome locally made jewelry
Picking up men [...]

Hey you! Check out my first guest post EVER over at The Glamorous Grad Student, it’s your on the go guide for visiting Saratoga Springs, turning point of the revolutionary war (yes, this is probably the only question I got right on the AP History exam). It’s a pretty abbreviated guide, but should definitely fill [...]

photo by dorothykorea
For someone in my position (read: below the poverty line) I do a lot of traveling. I’m thinking this is mainly because I don’t go out drinking, which is not really the norm for my age group…or grad students in general.
Consequently I am always trying to master TSA and airline regulations for luggage [...]

Things worked out so that I was able to take a fairly spontaneous trip to Ireland with my family. So far we’ve hit up Dublin, Blarney (where I made out with a rock, the most action I’ve gotten in a long time), Killarney and Dingle.
I recently went and saw that movie “Leap Year” which is [...]

This past Friday I went up to Saratoga to watch the Woodward Stakes. Saratoga is quite beautiful and spending a day at the track is pretty fun. For $3 you can picnic and watch the races all day. But we splurged and spent the extra $2 to get into the grandstand, which I hadn’t done [...]

Kelsey (on the left) and me getting ready to start out rafting adventure. Note my sweet sunglasses and cool kid helmet. At least my legs look nice.

A couple weekends ago I went with a few friends of mine to Ohiopyle, PA (in my opinion a totally redonkulous name) to do some white water rafting on [...]