3/07/15

Another sunny Saturday with spring and warmer weather around the corner, which called for a weekly Adventure in Seattle day. As usual, I went to brunch at Smith in the creative Capitol Hill. The interior decoration was very fascinating and cool with a bunch of taxidermy head statues mounted on the walls. I hope they were fake, possibly.. But regardless, the food was fantastic and the atmosphere was full of comfortable vibes and had a homey, familiar, and lively setting. 

I enjoyed their buttermilk waffles with apple slices and cinnamon. It was one of the best home made waffles I've ever tasted without the toppings being too sweet. My friend ordered their blueberry pancakes which was just as fantastic and fresh. 

The cherry blossoms had already started blooming, so I had to take a picture of the bundle of beautiful pink petals. 

While taking a ferry ride to Bainbridge, other than gazing at it, I just had to snap a picture of the sunset and of Seattle in all it's glowing glory. 

I will be uploading more pictures of my adventures and what I have been doing and up to soon. So much has been going and happening all at once and just when I though my schedule would be slowing down, it seems there is always too much fun going around. And that's not a bad thing, right!? It makes my simple mundane life all the more interesting with these little excursions. 

On a side note, I decided to just treat my personal blog as an online visual diary and chronicled journal! How more personal and close can it get when my blog's writing style would be exactly how I would talk to you as friend in person let alone if I was texting you about what I had been doing. I personally prefer and enjoy the casualness and informality of communicating or storytelling my adventures as opposed to a very formal formatted style. I don't want it to be cookie cutter or stiff. It's like reading the captions to my Youtube video if this post was made into a video of me ranting about my day. Who knows!? maybe I will start making vlogs instead, just to make things easier.

To continue from my tangent, what you can expect to come is more of the Coffee & Cafe Chilling session posts, as well as more Adventures in Seattle features, and of course the latest and biggest news/event- me going to Lucky 2015! :)

Well, we'll catch up soon folks! Until then, I'll ttyl! 

-Tiff 

(All pics were taken with the iPhone 6 and pulled from my Instagram: sonder_wonder) 

3/08/15

These series of pictures were taken while I was walking around and exploring downtown Seattle last Sunday. I went to brunch as usual and ended up going to the restaurant Local 360 in the Belltown area of downtown. The food was fresh and delicious. Unfortunately, while I was eating, I found clumps of hair in my pasta and completely lost my appetite. The restaurant omitted my meal off of the bill and was nice enough to have my friend's meal on the house because of the incident. 

Afterwards, I got a lovely lavender mocha from Bedlam Coffee that was silky but not too rich. The lavender flavor itself hit the right notes and wasn't overpowering over the chocolate. The brick wall of Bedlam's had cool artsy graffiti matching the weird spunky interior decor inside. 

I was able to walk around Pikes Place and around the Olympic Sculpture Park near the waterfront and watch the sun set beautifully in the distant. Overall, the day was very relaxing and was another wonderful day in Seatown.

-Tiff

Moving forwards, and hopefully upwards

Ever since I was chosen as runner-up from the Back-to-School Campus Style for Sorel Footwear, I decided that I would make more of an effort in also including fashion pictures and photographing my clothing style. 

I am so grateful for being chosen as one of the runner-ups for the contest and receiving a $250 gift card and a free pair of Sorel shoes. 

I have taken steps to having friends help me out with this and am excited in documenting the growth, expansion, and improvement of my wardrobe. I need more of an"out with the old and in with the new" take on cleaning out my closet. With more bold pieces, more colors to the palette, more tops  dramatic in their design, more patterns/graphics, and definitely more cuter shoes! 

Looking ahead and not turning back. May my wardrobe become timeless and never go out of Style.

-Tiff

Tiff-venture to Mt. Rainier

I recently took a mini excursion and road trip to Mt. Rainier! The drive was peaceful and relaxing. Even though we got there a little late and couldn't actually go to the top and onto the mountain, I really enjoyed and appreciated the few view stops and little detours while being out there. The weather was perfect and sunny. 

Two of the pictures I took before heading to the national park in Ashford. 

On another note: I am picking up blogging again after another long hiatus. I changed the design and layout of the blog just a tiny bit, a few minor tweaks and improvements here and there. Also, my wonderful friend and new partner in crime helped me upgrade to a mobile device that includes a better and higher quality camera with better features and resolution. The generous gesture only motivated me more to consistently pick up on blogging, especially since now I can take better, sharper, and crisper pictures. The quality of my photos on my Instagram will also be a breath of a relief with less of a need for photo editing and utilizing filters. 

I haven't stopped exploring and adventuring, and I don't plan on stopping any time soon. 

My personal life has recently turned out for the better from what I had been going through, and I'm currently in a better place. I'm a whole lot happier. Recent events have only made me more determined to chase my dreams and to pursue what ever captures my interest and makes me happy, even if it is just appreciating the little things. But that's what helps me get through the days and what makes life so great.

-Tiff