CALIFORNIA TRAVEL DIARY
Santa Monica
West Hollywood
Newport
Newport
San Francisco Apartment
San Francisco Apartment
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Golden Gate Bridge
Sausalito
All photography by the very talented Michael Hughes
I have finally got around to writing part one of my travel diaries from Michael and my trip to the US of A. I think this is where dating a photographer really comes in handy, my heart fluttered when he finally handed over the photos then came the post-travel depression. I first of all have to thank him so much, him taking all the photos meant I was able to experience it all without having to worry about capturing it. And lets be honest - he captures it better.
I thought it would make sense for the posts to follow the same path as our whereabouts so I have started off with California.
I thought it would make sense for the posts to follow the same path as our whereabouts so I have started off with California.
After surviving a 13 hour plane flight with the lingering smell of warm Vegemite we got in at LAX at 6am determined to stay awake the whole day and not give in to jet lag. And I am not going to sugar coat it - it was easily the worst day I have had in a long time. The mixture of no sleep, getting served crisps when I asked for hot chips (Note: Chips are crisps, Fries are chips) and the shock of the homeless and gangsters did make this day the worst day I have had in a while. Staying in West Hollywood, I was expecting a lot of raw, fresh cafes to try out and instead what met us was more adult stores than food. That night we settled for pizza.
Los Angeles did get better though, we travelled down to Newport the next day and that was absolutely lovely. I felt like I was Marissa Cooper from the OC (minus the drug/alcohol problem). Another absolute plus about this little beach town was everyone had the prettiest little flower gardens out the front of their houses. Needless to say that sold me.
After two days in LA we took our beast of a hire car and left for prettier pastures - San Francisco. I would highly highly ditching the plane for this drive up, it was one of my favourites. Another thing I would highly recommend is using Air Bnb for accommodation. Our adorable little san fran apartment was my favourite and it was super close to food and shops but much more affordable than hotels. San Francisco was probably my biggest surprise of the trip, it was beyond beautiful even more so than I had imagined but it was a city of contrasts. The amount of people struggling in this city is unbelievable, and it is such a strong contrast because of that mixture.
Anyway instead of running through my day to day adventures a few things I loved and would recommend;
Filmore St - This street may be incredibly long but it has some of the best little stores as well as places to eat
Jane - The closest thing I had all trip to an Australian granola with perfect muesli / fruit / yoghurt ratio (and on filmore!)
The Mill San Francisco - Try their pumpkin butter on sourdough!
Golden Gate Bridge - don't really need to say why
Sausalito - This town was one of my favourites and just beside the golden gate - it was the cutest
Lombard St - Where there are pastel houses & copious amounts of flowers you have to visit
Muir Woods - You may have to walk 2km just to get to the entrance due to there being no parking but it is definitely worth it
New York & Nevada Travel Diaries & Outfit Posts to follow
jasmine x
Anyway instead of running through my day to day adventures a few things I loved and would recommend;
Filmore St - This street may be incredibly long but it has some of the best little stores as well as places to eat
Jane - The closest thing I had all trip to an Australian granola with perfect muesli / fruit / yoghurt ratio (and on filmore!)
The Mill San Francisco - Try their pumpkin butter on sourdough!
Golden Gate Bridge - don't really need to say why
Sausalito - This town was one of my favourites and just beside the golden gate - it was the cutest
Lombard St - Where there are pastel houses & copious amounts of flowers you have to visit
Muir Woods - You may have to walk 2km just to get to the entrance due to there being no parking but it is definitely worth it
New York & Nevada Travel Diaries & Outfit Posts to follow
jasmine x