Butler Peak, Big Bear

Last summer, Phillip and I went up to Big Bear to search for a wedding venue, but made a weekend trip out of it with all there is to see and do in the area. People often ask us why we chose Big Bear as a place to get married, which we answer with a…

Mist and Snow: Mt. Rainier

The Pacific Northwest is perhaps my most favorite place in the world. There is something magical about the richness of the greenery, the mist that surrounds the forests, the eerie silence of the wild. Phillip took me up to Washington for my birthday this past year, partially to see his grandmother, who lives in Redmond,…

Camping in Borrego Springs

April is probably the latest you’d want to go out in the desert of Southern California, unless baking in the sun and hallucinating mirages cartoon style is your idea of a good time. Even though the mornings were cool and the nights breezy, the blistering heat of the sun meant that sunscreen was a necessity…