Showing posts with label Global Community. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Global Community. Show all posts

Saturday, February 11, 2017

this week's favorites...





Culture Fact of the Day: The Bajau people of Malaysia spend most of their lives at sea. Their homes are wooden huts and they live off seafood, fishing from their handmade boats. Some Bajau people experience "ground sickness" like we experience seasickness. What are you loving this week? 

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Weekend Getaway





A few weeks ago, a coworker brought up a hotel she had heard about, The Literary Man in Portugal. She was talking about it to another coworkers and as soon as I heard her say the name it immediately caught my attention. I removed my earbuds, turned my chair around and inserted myself into the conversation. It's going on my bucket list. Make sure if you're ever in Obidos, Portugal to stop at the hotel that hold more than 45,000 books. 

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Saturday, November 5, 2016

this week's favorites...





In his series titled Neon, Brazilian photographer Hid Saib creates portraits with neon paint which is illuminated by a single ultraviolet light. For more stunning photography, check out his site. What are you loving this week?

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Saturday Happy

I started reading Traveler about a year ago while browsing through the travel and culture magazine section at Barnes and Noble. Up until then, National Geographic Traveler was at the top of my list. Now that I subscribe to the magazine, I'm just now learning they have a podcast!!! If you love all things travel and have a love for exploring new countries, Travelogue is a must for you. What is making you happy this week?! 

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Saturday Happy





About 200,000 years ago this vast area of what is now sand dunes used to be a wet and fertile region in south-western Libya. Due to climate change between 3,000-5,000 years ago the lake evaporated and now there are roughly 20 smaller lakes that make up the Ubari Sand Sea. While these photographs show the reality of global warming, these photos are breathtaking. What is making you happy this week?
   

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Giving Back


Top Ten Bucket List Items:
 Spend Thanksgiving giving back and serving at a local soup kitchen. I was first introduced to the idea of community service while attending catholic school in elementary and middle school. This idea of giving back stayed with me well into high school, college and beyond. During my collegiate years it took me a while to figure out what it was I was in search of, who could I personally help and how could I make a difference in someone's life (because really I wanted to save the world, who doesn't?) It wasn't until I began my degree in anthropology and focused on world hunger when I started learning and hearing about the FEED organization started by Lauren Bush Lauren and her mission to feed the less fortunate, a cause I've become a big advocate of. Once I finished school and made my way back to California, I decided I wanted to spend my Thanksgiving giving back to those who need a warm meal most, Martha's Kitchen. How are you spending your Thanksgiving this year?! 

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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Saturday Happy

Have you checked out the latest collaboration between Target and Lauren Bush Lauren's feed project? I've been a long time fan of Lauren's bags and a her mission to feeding the the word through the quality products over on her site. I was ecstatic about her working with Target, creating a reasonably priced line and feeding America. I couldn't help myself but make a few purchases the last time I was in Target, knowing that somewhere in America, I myself contributed to feeding 50 people, how's that for a happy Saturday?! What's making you happy this week?

(image via feed projects)  

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Hand-Written Letters

I once read a book about two young girls who were pen pals, they became the best of friends even though their relationship remained in the words they wrote to each other over a few years before they eventually met.  So of course after reading this particular story that now I cannot remember the name of, I wanted so bad to have this sort of relationship with someone, someone far, far away from me. Now in the era of social media, text-messaging and email, I'm curious to know if anyone still communicates through hand written letters across states or countries. Is this a lost art, the art of writing an unknown individual a hand-written letter, are kids encouraged to practice this anymore?! 

(image via we heart it

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Shout-Out


I just want to say thank you and how much I appreciate the people who follow and leave comments on my posts. I love reading what you share in the comments:)  

It's Not Goodbye

If you're wondering where I've been for the last month and half, I've been dealing with a few personal matters and slowly but...