Posts tagged AIGA
STATE 18: NEW MEXICO

AFTER ARRIVING LATE THE NIGHT BEFORE, WE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING SMELLING SOMETHING. AFTER FALSELY BLAMING EACH OTHER, WE PULLED BACK THE AIRSTREAM CURTAINS AND REVEALED A PEN OF ALPACAS RIGHT BEHIND US, AND IN BETWEEN US AND THEM: A LARGE PILE OF ALPACA POOP.

DESPITE THE POOP, KENDRA WAS IN A WEIRD VERSION OF HER HEAVEN ON EARTH BEING SURROUNDED BY ALPACAS, CATS, AND PONIES — OH, MY.

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STATE 08: NEW YORK

IT’S ACTUALLY MIND-BOGGLING HOW OLD YALE IS — IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1701! AFTER WALKING AROUND CONNECTICUT’S VERSION OF HOGWARTS FOR A WHILE, WE POPPED INTO THE YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY.

MY FAVORITE PART OF THE GALLERY WAS THE STUNNING HALL LINED WITH TALL PANELED WINDOWS LETTING LIGHT POUR ONTO THEIR ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL REMINDER HOW HUMANS HAVE BEEN MAKING IMPECCABLE ART FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS…

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PLANNING FOR FIFTY STATES

PLANNING AND EXECUTING A FIFTY STATE TOUR DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. THIS CONCEPT WAS BREWING FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS AND REQUIRED A HANDFUL OF LIFE CHANGES TO PREPARE FOR THIS DRAMATIC LIFESTYLE CHANGE. AND EVEN THEN, IT CAME TOGETHER LAST MINUTE WITH A FEW MIRACLES AND A HANDFUL OF INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE ALONG THE WAY.

KENDRA AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ASKED SINCE WE FIRST SHARED OUR IDEA TO TRAVEL THE COUNTRY: “HOW? WHY? WHEN, AND FOR HOW LONG?”…

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