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My, what big hills you have

Here goes another hip, hip foray into the 9-5. Tomorrow, I start my second job at a second startup, but this time the startup is in San Francisco, which clearly means I’m in San Francisco, too. I moved here a month ago today– after a first job in NYC, a ski season in Colorado and then a second backpacking trip through Asia. Though the boppin’ has been thrilling, I’m excited to get into a routine again and head back to being the big, big girl I sometimes am. …Keep in mind the Disney station is playing right now on my Pandora… Anyways, I’d been to SF one time before the move. My best friend went to Berkeley so I made a visit in college. A cute boy was heading this way, so I thought I’d be up for it too. I guess the egregious hills, though, had just completely slipped my mind when I decided to hop coasts. The first few days I was here, I was huffing, puffing, panting and basically fainting to make it up the hills, but four weeks later… well I’m still doing the same, but the appreciation is slowly setting in. I made peace with

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it’s all over..

With so much Asian influence, Honolulu was the perfect buffer back to the 48 great, but not as great as Hawaii, states. The best example of the apparent culture blend was right outside our hotel; there was an Udon noodle bar on one side...

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These flash bulbs are starting to hurt my eyes…

Almost everyone in China is a professional photographer, or at least they outfit themselves as one. They have those chunky manual cameras and use zoom lenses that could shoot all the way to the Grand Canyon. Since Greg and I white kids are easy...

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I’m here for the Shang-Bang

Yesterday I got my nails done for a buck fifty in Shanghai, and I chose a fancy glittery color to match the town’s vibrancy. I thought it was my...

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Almost a world wonder…

China’s Terracotta Warriors, like a ton of other things (including myself), claim to be the world’s 8th wonder. Now after visiting the warriors in Xi’an, a middle province of...

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Back to the climbing..

I thought our uphill days were over in Nepal, but so our thighs continued the beating starting earlier this morning. Our bus from Xi’an left at 7 am and...

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