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Today is the first edition of Travel Vlog Tuesday, a brand new feature here at Ashalah. You ask me questions about travel (or moving) and I answer them via video (or email, or post). I am taking a small break from VEDA’s topics to do this, but am still vlogging so it counts right? Today’s [...]
This morning I woke up bright and early, even on my day off, to record the vlog for the 2nd day of VEDA. This is what I call DEDICATION. I am not a morning person at all, which you can see from the vlog. Just a few side notes before we get to the video: [...]
This month I am participating in VEDA, thanks to Ashley and Phampants who didn’t have to twist my arm very hard to participate in it! What is VEDA, you ask? It’s Vlog Every Day in August. Sounds pretty ambitious of me, right? I have never vlogged before so I decided to challenge myself and see [...]
Dandelions are considered a weed yet when we were children, we’d make wishes off of the seed pods as we blew them into the wind. I wonder if anyone does this anymore. Picture taken at Heart Mountain in Cody, Wyoming.
I knew as soon as I said I wanted to take a blogging hiatus that I would suddenly have ten million ideas for posts. And that’s exactly what happened. My brain also almost exploded from all the ideas I had for the direction this blog was going to go in. I was blown away by [...]
I’m going to whine a little bit here on the blog today, something I usually reserve for my poor Twitter followers (snicker) but something is bothering me blog-related so I’m taking it to the blog. Sometimes I wonder why I bother blogging anymore. It sounds like a harsh statement, but it’s the first that comes [...]
I have a closet full of shoes that I can wear on most any occasion. I think every girl should have at least a few pairs of heels, at least one pair of running/hiking shoes, a nice pair of flats and at least one ridiculous pair of shoes that you just had to have, even [...]
The week before I left for Europe last year I was standing in my friend’s apartment chatting with her roommate, a girl I’ve known since I was in grade school, and she asked me what my travel anthem was. I didn’t have one, was my response. She told me I’d figure it out. That when [...]
When I lived in New York, I had to practically beg people to come visit me. You would think that it being New York City, with a free place to stay, would be enticing enough. Throw me into the mix and you would have had a great time! I loved showing people around New York [...]
Today I am participating in Where in the World Wednesdays, Classy in Philadelphia’s awesome weekly series. In honor of this past weekend’s World Cup match featuring Spain and the Netherlands, two of my favorite places in the world, I’m going to feature both today. I’m sad that the Netherlands lost, but glad Spain, an equally [...]





