San Francisco, CaliforniaI make it a point to visit at least one bookstore in each new city I go to, but with City Lights Bookstore, it was more of a pilgrimage. I don’t even know how to describe City Lights in a way that would remotely do it justice, but lets start with this:Continue reading #2109 | I’m with you in Rockland – City Lights Bookstore San Francisco
Los Angeles, AmericaDusky evenings in downtown LA. I try to make it a point to visit a bookstore in every city I go to – part because of my love for reading, part because I truly believe that bookstores form such core part of our culture’s heart. My favourite bookstores, thus, are scattered around theContinue reading #2083 | #LADiaries Airbnb Walks – The Last Bookstore
Airbnb Open, Los Angeles I don’t need to mention that one of my childhood dreams was to be a journalist for you guys to have figured that out on your own. I had my eye on Columbia for the longest time because of their journalism degree, but such dreams are not made to be self-funded,Continue reading #2077 | #LADiaries | The Undercover Host
Waking up in LA sign up at airbnb.com/jemma for $35 off your stay Oh, my Airbnb #LADiaries are far from over, friends. But it’s a short one today, because I was flipping through my trip photos and was just reminded of how gorgeous our listing was, a crime not to document, really. Sometimes, I lookContinue reading #2072 | #LADiaries – Waking up in Airbnb Ktown, obviously.
The Broad Museum, Los Angeles Wearing: Her Velvet VaseMy time in Los Angeles was very short, and very sweet. My first time in the city of angels, and for only four and a half days. And no Disneyland! That’s how you know I’ll be back, no disneyland. Ha. I am so predictable as a basicContinue reading #2066 | #LAdiaries – One Cold Night in DTLA
Malibu, Los AngelesFollowing the announcement that caused a tizzy the world over, I signed up for my own Airbnb Trip Experience. More accurately, I got signed up – two weeks before I boarded for Los Angeles, I got a text from Elaine (from Airbnb) asking: So.. what are your thoughts on surfing? If you’ve beenContinue reading #2061 | #LAdiaries – Airbnb Trips: The Adventureman
Los Angeles, AmericaHey guys, So, I spent a lot of time alone in Los Angeles, purely by virtue of the fact that I was there on a work trip and knew no one else going prior to the trip. Of course in my time there I made friends, both from Singaporean press and otherwise, butContinue reading #2052 | LA diaries: Funny stories from Griffith Observatory
Taken at The Last Bookstore, Downtown Los AngelesLos Angeles, AmericaWhat are the stories you want to tell? This is a question that followed me around like a little rain cloud throughout my press trip to Airbnb Open LA 2016. I’ve been working with Airbnb for over a year now, and sometimes it feels like I’veContinue reading #2050 | LA Diaries: Airbnb Murder Mysteries / Trips, Experiences
Mocha Mondays is a new and semi-regular feature on cafes and how workable they are, for freelancers or students looking for a place to park themselves at while getting work done. It may or may not actually feature mocha. Apologies, guys, the Mocha Monday series that I was so enthused about at the start ofContinue reading #2030 | Matcha Mondays: Cha Cha Matcha
If I said I were the outdoorsy type, I would be lying. One with nature I am not. I prefer my day to day life regulated, with reliable transport, data, and stimulation: addicted to the grid, I am 100% a city girl. But occasionally I get cajoled into trying new things, and so my firstContinue reading #2029 | Upstate New York: Roadtripping to Catskills