Through Rose Colored Glasses

This post is set to a song (listed as the title of this post) by Roo Panes. Just know from now on, that is how I will be structuring my posts! I am writing this super late, so forgive me! I wanted to post everyday, but I have been coming home in the evening so tired that I fall asleep on my laptop... I flew into NYC yesterday morning at around 9:30 am and proceeded to take a Lyft to my cousin, Sarah's, apartment in Brooklyn. She is in this neighborhood called Bed Stuy which is super cute! Sarah said it reminds her of the avenues in SLC except the streets here are flat. I completely agree. We walked through the streets of Brooklyn and I was so excited with how incredibly diverse it is here! So far I have hear Hebrew, Creole, Arabic, and so many other languages and dialects I am not familiar with. I read somewhere that Queens (north of Bed Stuy) is the most diversely lived area of the world, with over 100 different languages being spoken there. I love it so much, to think that ...

I was one year into my existence on earth when a great band, Rusted Root, created a song that would forever serve as a constant upon the soundtrack of my life. I suggest while you are reading this post, to play it in the background. I stand a firm believer that music can enhance any situation. I am creating this blog to establish a place where you (whether friends, family, or the like) can keep updated with my life while abroad. I am traveling to NYC, Stockholm, and Venice with stop-overs in London, Switzerland and Austria. (Possible side trips to Pompeii and Copenhagen). This can be a place to report on daily occurrences, purge any creative thought or experiences, and the occasional illustration or sketch. This collection of pieces of ideas from my own mind might seem incomprehensible at times. Compared side by side these smatterings might carry no relevance to one another, but as a group they will make sense. In 36 hours from now I will be on a plane, on my way to New York City. ...