Outtakes from my recent adventures

These are a couple of photos that I took from some of my recent adventures around the Pacific Northwest, and that were not posted on my IG! I know it's been awhile since I've posted on here. Sorry for the hiatus, I've been busy dealing with life and more soul searching as usual. Hopefully you guys have been keeping up to date on my activities through Instagram! If not, it's all good, I still miss you guys! I hope you all have been doing great, hanging in there, and that life has been treating you well with less hectic, chaos going on.

I just went to a concert last night held at Century Link field and it was amazing! I'm going to another awesome concert next week and I'll keep you guys posted on my activities via Instagram. Next week, I will fill you all in on what's been going on with my personal life and also talk in depth about my blog, SonderWonder! 

Have a great rest of the week and an amazing weekend!  

~Tiff 

Coming Soon: new businesses opening up, growth & development

This post is to share my excitement for progress and advancement in my hometown, Bellevue, and also my other favorite city, the neighboring Seattle. There is a lot of construction going on in both cities. New, modern, and innovative buildings are being built for offices, retail, and apartments in both cities. 

Slowly but steadily, popular international retailers are finally opening stores in the Puget Sound such as Zara and Uniqlo. Talks of Aesop the renowned Australian skincare brand and Dutch clothing line, G Star Raw, are also planning on setting up shop sometime soon in Seattle. Local and new restaurants, boutiques, and housing are popping up everywhere. There truly is always room for growth.
  
According to the downtown Bellevue news network, years down the road a station for the monorail will be built in downtown Bellevue connecting to Seattle and making it easier for people to travel from the East side to Seattle. 

 The economic expansion and business growth in the Puget Sound is exciting to spectate. I can't wait to see the improvement and change. I hope for the same improvement and change to keep on happening with my own personal life. I'll make sure to update you guys in what's going on with me and some of my future goals. I will also write a post on why this blog even exists. Until next time then my friends! 

Keep in touch!

~Tiff 

The SonderWonder Style & Fashion Side

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#3!- Tomorrow is Friday! This week went by fairly fast. My cousin is in town and I'm gonna take him out and around Seattle today and basically for the rest of the weekend up until he leaves next week! This calls for a weekend packed with fun and adventures. I'm super stoked and I haven't seen him until last year. We're both finally 21 and I get to show him how the Seattle night life and bar scene is! 

I'll keep you guys updated via Instagram on our foodie adventures and just explorations around Seattle, both touristy spots and other interesting places we end up at. 

This post is the third and final post of the most recent and updated fashion pics and outfits I have done in the past couple of months. All were taken in the Pacific Northwest from the Eastside to Seattle. The last picture is a picture I shot as a shout out photo on my purchases from the Nordstrom's Magic Hour Pop Up shop, and also to work on my photo-editing and visual creative direction skills. I want to work more and enhance my techniques and skills in photo editing and hopefully those improvements will be evident in my future pictures and posts. 

I recently went to the new pop up shop that Nordstrom is having, called Pool Side, and also shot a picture of my purchases from there! {To see the picture click on the Instagram link above when you hover over the word.}

I really enjoy taking pictures of random and what are deemed small things, such as food. But in the end something as simple as a great meal with great company, adds up. It is another precious memory to hold on to, either to get you  through the rest of a not so good week or just a minuscule reminder to try and enjoy and love your life, even if it seems as if everything is against you or going wrong. I personally just enjoy these moments and when I look at these pictures I remember that specific event and cherish even more what I do have and am extremely grateful for it. 

Anyways enough with my ranting, I will have a feature post sometime soon by this weekend or next week of exciting new business growth mostly in the city that I reside in most- Downtown Bellevue, but I'll also include some news for Seattle! I want to share news about where I live and my home because I am so excited to see new things happening, including economic growth. To see your home change overtime and to be able to physically spectate the progression of  how advanced, modern, and new it is becoming is truly a site and a sort of proud feeling to have, especially having lived nowhere else. 

Further along, I will include a post about who or what is Sonder Wonder? Why did I choose this name? Is there a meaning to the name or does it just sound catchy? These questions will be answered next week with a post on why I blog, what is behind the name, and what this is all about. 

Keep in touch and see you all soon! If I don't get to post anything for the rest of this week, I hope you guys all have an awesome fun filled/relaxing weekend jammed with many adventures and excursions of your own. Ttyl.

~Tiff 

Road Tripping Outfit Photos

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Post #2- These were the outfits I wore on my road trip! The weather was windier in San Fran and the warmest in Arizona. LA was decently warm and humid. The further inland and south I went on the coast, the warmer it got which meant less layers. 

This week I'll post a couple of old pics of outfit pictures I took from awhile back that I haven't yet shared. Also, I will upload a post on new businesses that are opening up around the Seattle and Bellevue area from what I've heard or speculated. I'll explain more in detail about the sources in the post. 

I hope you guys are having a great week! The weather is getting hotter and sunnier each day with less consecutive days of rain, yay! 

Anyways, I'll catch you guys up soon and keep you guys posted! Meanwhile, stay in the loop through my IG! From my pic of the dam I visited on Sunday to what I ate for breakfast yesterday- and soon what I'm gonna eat for lunch today, you can see what I'm doing instantly while i'm on the go! 

To give you guys a little tidbit of personal info, I'll definitely have a post about me showing my cousin around town since he will be visiting this week. Also, my grandma will be visiting my family and I from the motherland, overseas. But  by next week, I will have a mini city guide or tourist guide post from all the adventures I will have around the Puget Sound area with my cuz. Keep checking the blog for new posts and stories!

I'll see you guys soon.

~Tiff 

The Bellevue Collection's #ISpyBellSq Instagram contest & just for funsies extra fashion outfit shoots

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TGIF everyone! 

Going off the list from yesterday's post on future fashion pics here is #1! Bellevue Square Mall of the Bellevue Collection, had a spring fling style contest for Instagram which I decided to enter in. 

The contest basically wanted you to share your favorite clothes and items from your favorite stores in the mall, using your creative skills to photograph and showcase the items. Then you would share your pictures on Instagram and hashtag "ISpyBellSq" to submit and enter your photos. The contest was from March to April with them announcing the winners the first week of May. 

I submitted a total of three photos to the contest {completely not in order: the 2nd, 3rd, & 5th photos, they're labeled} and then just took two extra ones just for fun {1st photo & 4th}, because I couldn't resist not sharing everything I got just for the halibut, I mean why not!? It was a joyful shopping spree!  

The last pic is of what I bought with my gift card and the same picture I shared on Instagram giving a shout out of what I had purchased. 

I'm so grateful for the opportunity and for have being chosen as one of the winners. Who knows? I might dabble more in future Instagram contests. I'm excited to work more on the fashion side of things but my blog will always be my personal lifestyle blog with no advertising or marketing gimmicks, I can promise you that!

Look forward to the remaining fashion posts listed from yesterday's post: #2 and #3. Also, next week I will have a post about exciting news on the business growth here in the Puget Sound- in Seattle and Bellevue. It'll highlight what big stores will be opening up here and many other new retail. Many exciting things to look forward to! 

As always, if you wanna see what I'm doing now or this weekend's adventures and shenanigans, just check out my Instagram page! It's the fastest and most current way to see what I'm up to when I'm out and about & on the go! 

Have a great weekend guys! Have fun and be safe. :) 

~Tiff

A few pics I didn't upload onto Instagram and exclusive to the blog: #tiffstravels

Monet painting being exhibited at the De Young art museum in San Francisco 

Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona- main outlook point near the visitor center

Twin Falls City, Idaho- near the giant metal, brown bridge above the Snake River and gorge

Koala Crib- adorable marsupials chilling at the LA Zoo in Los Angeles, California 

Outdoor modern art in the side courtyard of the De Young art museum in San Francisco, California

As stated from my previous post, here are a few pics that I took from my road trip from my adventures and explorations. The captions will explain where the photo was taken and which city it is in. 

For even more pictures from my vacation, be sure to check out my Instagram for the rest and last of the photos from my road trip to be uploaded! 

Expect plenty of fashion posts soon:

1) the Bellevue Collection Spring IG contest post

2) older fashion posts from before my blog transformation

3) Outfit pictures I took while on my vacation road trip!

In the meantime, I hope you guys enjoy the rest of your week. The weekend is just around the corner!

Ttyl!

~Tiff 

[all photos were taken with my iPhone 6] 

Coming Home: Memorial Weekend

Man, it is good to be back!

The road trip was a remarkable and an unforgettable experience. I saw so many amazing sites, attractions, and places. Nothing but good vibes and awesome memories. I got back Saturday and was able to spend the rest of the three day weekend to unwind, relax, and get situated back home. I will upload a few extra pics or outtakes from my trip that I did not upload onto my Instagram sometime this week.

Also, I am happy to say that I won my second IG contest that I've enter in for the Bellevue Square Mall's Spring IG contest in downtown Bellevue, WA. It's the second contest that I've entered and also my second time winning a prize! With the gift card, I was able to purchase a new duffel bag big and convenient enough to stuff everything I needed for my road trip. A post for that will be up on the blog either towards the end of this week or the beginning of next week. So keep on the look out for that post! 

Moving on, I spent the last days of the weekend to visit Seattle since I dearly missed my beloved city and the great Pacific Northwest! 

SUNDAY- we went to a new bakery and cafe place called Coyle's Bakeshop. It is fairly new and we decided to go check it out since the pictures on their Facebook page looked so enticing. The place is cozy, spacious, well lit, and adorable. You are able to see the staff baking away when you order. The coffee and baked goods were delicious. We had a mocha with their house made marshmallow, a hazelnut latte, a currant scone, a slice of their decadent chocolate cake, and a "cretzel"- croissant pretzel. {First Photo} They also had a rhubarb tart and an olive oil cake with rhubarb and cardamom that I will be getting the next time I'm in. 

Next we explored Capitol Hill and stumbled upon a tucked-away alley filled with new boutiques and restaurants yet to open soon. A new local ice creamery had already opened up along with a small plant and home decor shop next to it called, Niche outside. They had cute convenient home products from Japan, gardening books, plant keeping supplies, and other quaint items. {Second & Third Photo}

MONDAY- was Memorial Day and I spent another day adventuring in Seattle! Later on in the evening, I finished the night by watching the new hit movie, Mad Max. We walked around the Seattle waterfront and went go the Northwest Cultural Folklife Festival they had going on memorial weekend. For brunch {Fourth & Fifth Photo}, I went to Tilikum Place Cafe in Belltown and close to the Seattle Center. The food was delicious and the coffee made well and delicious also. Our waiter was super nice and always made sure we were doing fine. I had a sweet mini dutch baby that came in it's own pan with apples and almond streusel. I ordered a side of two eggs sunnyside up and my boyfriend ordered a crab cake eggs' benedict smothered in hollandaise sauce. Yum, and so much yes. Both orders were delicious and several other options on their menu had intrigued me as well. Gotta go back! 

Well, I hope you guys had a wonderful weekend regardless of whether it was long or not, and had gotten to enjoy some sunshine! Relax to the max in your free time! 

I will talk to you guys later! Cheers!

~Tiff