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🐦🦐 My Review of the Bubba Gump Shrimp New Year’s Eve Party (Ball Drop View!)

Hey Reader Since 2025 is now just over halfway over, it got me thinking about this past year’s New Year’s Eve. For the second year in a row, I spent it in Times Square with a live view of the famous Ball Drop! 🎊 Instead of Olive Garden, I chose to spend it at Bubba Gump Shrimp this time! In this post, you can find my review of the party along with a comparison of how it stacked up against Olive Garden. If you’ve ever dreamed of seeing the NYC Ball Drop in person, you’ve got to check this out:...

Hey Reader It all started on a whim. It was Christmas Eve. While scrambling to find a few last-minute gifts, I was standing in a Target aisle, debating whether or not to buy a Polaroid camera. My family would soon be heading to my grandparents’ house for our traditional Christmas celebration, and I had this idea that bringing an instant camera could add a fun, nostalgic twist to Christmas Eve 2023. Something about the idea of snapping real, physical photos in the moment just felt right. So,...

Hi Reader This week, I’ve taken a slight deviation from my usual format of sending out new blog posts one by one for a weekly round up! After getting back from Spain recently where I attended a wedding for one of my best friends, I was reminded of my trip to visit her in Amsterdam exactly two summers ago. I started going down memory lane and I was inspired to finally write about my trip - something I’ve long been wanting to share with all of you! 🇳🇱 It begins with this story: How My First...

I've published a new post! In consideration of the uncontrolled wildfires in Canada that caused record-breaking hazardous air quality and habitat destruction, I wanted to visit the New York City Audubon Mural Project. The Mural Project aims to raise awareness about birds threatened by climate change by featuring over 314 species of endangered birds. The project is a public art initiative that commissions artists to paint murals of each threatened bird in various neighborhoods around all...