BACK ON THE INSTAGRAM GRIND + POW WOW

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We're on Instagram! We finally added some content and we're totally loving it! Last week we headed down to Long Beach (ha no surprise there) The week before Long Beach had been hosting it's very first Pow! Wow! and it was amazing! The Pow Wow is a week long arts festival that features great artists from around the world. It first started in Hawaii and pretty quickly gained traction and became a huge event in the art scene. Throughout the week artist painted murals around the city and some held lectures and live installations in galleries and Art Museums in LB. There was also a concert series the last day of the festival which featured Long Beach's very own Tijuana Panthers. WE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT THERE NEEDS TO BE ONE NEXT YEAR! *WINK WINK* There was so much art everywhere! We still haven't fully explored all of it, but, Long Beach is so BIG! our little feet can't handle all the walking and our wallets are so flat gas is not an option LOL But That day was full of Instagram opportunities so I took advantage. YES THIS WAS ALL ONE DAY! I KNOW IM AMAZED TOO Long Beach is a beautiful city and I believe we definitely captured it. There are so many palm trees everywhere, and if its one thing we're suckers for its palm trees. Check out our photos! Theres A LOT! 

BTW A VIDEO WILL BE ON ITS WAY 

TIJUANA PANTHERS + GR8 FOOD

This summer is just beginning and we've already gone to more concerts than I imagined. This time we attended the first event of the  Summer and Music Festival in Long Beach where there was food trucks, a skating area and live music. Tijuana Panthers was a band we've wanted to see live for quite sometime and we got the opportunity to do so for free! They gave a good live show and, I have to say, they have the coolest fans. The amount of diversity in the crowd was insane to me. By "diversity" I'm referring to the surfer dudes and the rocker dudes and the hipster dudes and the older dudes etc all moshing and rocking out together. It was really cool to see that all in one crowd. Oh and too add to this great experience it was also the first time that we joined the mosh pit. All I have to say about that is that it wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be.

So check out the vlog below to check out our experience!

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH!

Once again, Alex and I confidently ride public transportation and it's a disaster  Well, it wasn't a complete disaster but it did feel like the odds were against us. I, Carolina, won tickets to the tenth anniversary tour for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! at The Troubadour via Twitter. I'd never heard their music before but I thought it was a great opportunity regardless. We spent most of the day on public transportation but it was fine because the concert was worth it. I personally had a lot of fun! The opening act and the band gave a really good show!

You can watch our entire adventure in the vlog below!

MUSINGS | A ROAD TRIP

picture by new legs via flickr

Ever since I thought of the Golden State of Mind idea I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. The thought of driving across the state sounds like a beautiful daydream. If you aren’t familiar with GSM then let me enlighten you. Golden State of Mind is the name of the road trip I want to take. I called it that because this road trip is meant to push me to a better, more positive mindset by surrounding me with beautiful scenery, new experiences and good friends . Also, the trip will be across California and since it’s known as the golden state, I thought it funny and ironically, very fitting.

At first I wasn’t sure about what I wanted from this road trip but I knew I didn't want to take an epic road trip (so epic  that I named it) without me getting or doing something important with it. Being amazed with all the new places I'm  going too see and visit is not sufficient enough. Experiences are what I strive for but I want more. Then I came across an article on The Atlantic regarding the lack of women protagonist in books. The post, written by Kelsey McKinney, made some  valid points about the role of women in books and generally in life. You don’t hear a story about a woman without having it related to love and men somehow. That slightly alarmed me.  

“There are no Jack Kerouac or Holden Coalfields for girls. Literary girls don’t take road-trips to find themselves; they take trips to find men.

“Great” books, as defined by the Western canon, didn’t contain female protagonists I could admire. In fact, they barely contained female protagonists at all.”

– Kelsey McKinney, The Atlantic  

She's completely right! Books we read in school rarely have female protagonist. Classic novels by authors like Ernest Hemingway or Jack Kerouac have amazing stories but with male leads. Don't get me wrong, I love the classics and I appreciate how they've influenced the world. These stories are exciting and fun but like Kelsey, I want something/someone I could admire. I also think it's fine for women to want to find love or men or both! I think it's great when you're able to find someone to share your adventures and life with but that's not all we strive for in life....right???   Anyway, this article made me realize that, that  "more" that I was looking for was actually a purpose. A purpose to motivate me  to  make my Golden State of Mind road trip actually happen in the future. My purpose is to be able to tell my story throughout this road trip. The one with a female cast, their thoughts and adventures. I want something real and raw that girls can relate to and be inspired by. 

I think it's time the world hears the story about a bunch of girls traveling in an RV across California looking for adventure. 

Carolina