LA Weekend Getaway - San Diego!

One thing that I was most excited about when I decided to head down to LA for law school was the fact that I was going to be able to explore not just LA but all of Southern California! Before moving here last August, I had only been to LA a handful of times. Twice to visit Disneyland (which is not LA but Anaheim), once to Long Beach before my family departed on a Mexican cruise, and once to visit UCLA Law and see one of my best friends who attended UCLA for undergrad.

Naturally being the type-A person that I am, I created a list of all the places in Southern California that I wanted to visit. First on my list...San Diego! I had actually been to San Diego once before when I was looking at undergrad colleges with my mom. We started in San Francisco drove all the way down to San Diego to visit USD. However, we only stayed in San Diego for maybe 2 nights and didn't explore much because we were exhausted.

This June, it was the boyfriend and I's 5 (!!) year anniversary. We decided to celebrate with a weekend trip to San Diego. Since June, I have actually been to San Diego 2 more times (once to visit my best friend who was visiting San Diego and then this past weekend for the Seahawks v. Chargers game). I thought I would share with you my favorite parts!

For our anniversary trip, we got a cheap last-minute hotel deal at a 4 star hotel in the heart of the Gas Lamp district, which was perfect because we were around all the bars and yummy places to eat.

Our first stop - San Diego Zoo! We did the zoo in a few hours (my advice = get there right when it opens and avoid the crowds!) We still had to wait 30 minutes to see the pandas.

Fav part = being able to walk around w/ beer 

The waterfront - walking along the waterfront downtown was so much fun. You can go onto the aircraft carrier (we didn't do it, but we both said we would do it next time), people watch, or continue south and run into a little village of shops (and ice cream) right on the water.

Our celebratory 5 year picture

Pacific Beach - when I visited my friends, we stayed in Pacific Beach. It was so much fun! The water was noticeably warmer than the beaches in Los Angeles (at least I thought so) and there was so much to do! We had yummy acai bowls for breakfast.

Qualcomm Stadium - this probably doesn't deserve mentioning because the stadium was pretttttty ugly, but B and I went this weekend for the Seahawks v. Chargers game. Tailgating was SO much fun. Honestly I'm pretty sure there were more hawks fans around than chargers fans. Once we got into the game, things went downhill. It was so hot in the stands (98 degrees), which meant it was 112+ on the field for the players, so I can only imagine what it was like playing in that heat. Therefore, I'm not too mad at them for losing.

But Seahawks loss and all, San Diego is still one of my favorite places!

Hello blogging world :)

Good Morning! I'm Alex...

I am so new to this. I don't even know where to begin. So I guess I'll start with a little bit about myself... 

Age: 23

Current Location: Los Angeles, CA

Born and Raised: Edmonds, WA [about 20 minutes away from Seattle]

Occupation: Current 2nd year law student, hoping to become some sort of litigator one day. 

How I spend my free time: exploring los angeles, going on runs, swimming, reading, watching way too much crappy reality television, trying new places to eat, attempting to cook, taking pictures, trying to plan new adventures in other parts of the world that I don't have time/money to go to. 

Law School: UCLA School of Law

College: University of Washington 

Major: Political Science & International Studies

Football Team: Seattle Seahawks!!!!! 

Current Goals: To finish 2L year stronger than last, to run a 1/2 marathon without stopping on February 1st, to find a job, to read more in my free time, and to create this blog!

Recently, my morning ritual has changed from watching TV while I get ready for my day to drinking coffee and reading blogs. I decided that it was time to start my own! I have no idea what I am doing, how to make this blog look prettier without spending money, or how to even see if people read/care about what I write. But if anything, I will be able to look back and get a glimpse of what my life was like at age 23. 

I choose the name "searching for sunshine" because that is one of the reasons I moved to California. However, I've realized that I actually miss the rain and that sunshine just means being happy. I hope to write about my experiences in law school and college, how to stay sane when you are surrounded by stress and craziness, how I attempt to stay healthy, how I am going to train for my first 1/2 marathon, what life is like in los angeles (or what it's like moving to any big city where you don't know many people), why I am obsessed with Seattle, how I stay happy, and everything in between. 

I can't wait to get started & thanks for following along :)