As of March 2025, I’ve visited a total of 41 states + Washington, DC, and have 9 states remaining.
(map generated at: https://www.maploco.com/visited-states/)
Continue readingStates I’ve Visited – Updated March 2025
Category: Travel
Even More Places in China That I Want to Visit
I have been to China many times. I lived in Hong Kong twice, I lived in Shanghai briefly, and I have taken all of those opportunities to wander around China while I was there. Even so, it’s an insanely huge country with an incredibly rich and diverse geography and local cultures. The more I travel in China, the more I realize how much I don’t know.
In the interest of not provoking political arguments, I’m including all of China’s main disputed areas in this list.
(map generated at: https://www.mapchart.net/china.html)
Continue readingStates I’ve Visited
I’ve visited a total of 33 states + Washington, DC, and have 17 states remaining.
(map generated at: https://www.maploco.com/visited-states/)
Continue readingDec 2: Dandelion Chocolate
One word: Indulgent!
So I finally went to indulge in the Dandelion Chocolate café’s brownie flight—because how can anyone say no to a brownie flight?! It’s literally a sampler of fancy brownies! This café/chocolate shop had been recommended to me months ago by a coworker, so it’s nice to finally get my butt over there and try it out myself. (And what a great excuse to not study for that Japanese test tomorrow…)
As you’d expect, both from the super adorable shop and from the slightly-steep price tag, it was amazing! <3 Continue reading
Dec 1 (Belated): Fukubukuro
‘Tis the season for fukubukuro!
福袋 Fukubukuro
Japanese for “lucky bag.” It’s a Japanese New Year tradition when merchants sell grab bags of their products (usually secret!)