I'm Not Dead!

Hey Y'all!

I'm posting this super quick update from my phone just to let you all know that I did not get abducted by aliens... Rather I have spent the last few days in Pismo with the fam at a gorgeous house on the water.

And I am now in LA getting ready to leave on my roadtrip to OH which begins tomorrow!

Unfortunately that hasn't left me any time to blog! I'll check in when I can but I'll be back some time next week to give y'all a full run down of the road trip.

P.S. for pics along the way follow me on twitter/instagram. AshleyCan04.

MusicWednesday: The Lumineers

I often find myself sitting in front of the TV with nothing I really care to watch. When that happens I will turn the channel to one of the two channels on my TV that constantly play country music videos.

Recently, after doing exactly that I was introduced to "Ho Hey" by The Lumineers. I was intrigued enough by this song to head over to spotify and check out the rest of their album. I enjoyed the album. They are a bit Americana/folksy sounding, a la Mumford And Sons or The Avett Brothers (yes I know that Mumford and Sons are not American and I am therefore relating them to The Lumineers folk sound). This is super random, but if you liked Paul McDonald from American Idol a couple seasons back... You will probably like The Lumineers.

Sidenote- I met Paul (and some other guys from that season of Idol) and he sang for me and my two friends... That guy had one of the most unique voices I have ever heard. It was amazing.

"Classy Girls" is probably my favorite song on the album. I also enjoy "Stubborn Love" and "Big Parade" but the whole album is definitely worth a listen!

P.S. If you don't remember Paul McDonald here is a reminder. He and his wife, Nikki Reed, did a song together "Now That I've Found You". It's not my favorite thing I've ever heard him do (and I still think it's really weird that he married Nikki Reed so quickly!) but you can definitely still hear his unique voice in it.

A Last 24 Hours In The City By The Bay

Last week I took a spur of the moment trip up to San Francisco to spend a little bit of time with three of my best girlfriends. 

Bethany has been up in the bay for over a year now, Jo was just there for a summer internship, and Jamee is there for a few weeks of training for her new job.

Jo's coworkers were going to Nightlife at the CA Academy of Sciences to celebrate Jo's last week on the job before she takes off to Europe for three weeks and we decided to tag along.

We started the night off at The Mucky Duck which is probably the cutest name for a bar ever, and while Jo and I waited for the rest of our crew to get there we chatted with one of the bar's regulars. 

A few drinks later we made the short walk to the museum where we immediately beeline-ed to the aquarium. Lots of fishies, seahorses, and an albino alligator later we moved on to the living roof. I wish we had gotten to see more of the exhibits, but there was a lot of catching up to do and we spent more of our evening standing around and chatting than really looking around the museum.

 fishies!

Still, it was a fabulous night- that ended with beer battered tempura fries... SO DELICIOUS.

I love San Francisco and the entire bay area and I am sure that if I come back to California after graduate school I will find a way to live and work up there in NorCal.

Friday Letters

dear besties- first i kind of hate that word, but for the sake of this letter it is an appropriate way to categorize you two. second, i love you both. it is amazing how friendships can form so quickly and last for years. i am beyond excited to be moving near one of you and beyond sad to be moving away from the other in the process. luckily we have friendships that can thrive at any distance. dear fresno- this is officially my last weekend living in you. you were a great place to grow up but just an okay place to come back to after undergrad. i'll see ya around, as a visitor. dear baby car (layla)- i'm glad you got all checked out and fixed up this week. i need you to be in tip top shape for the upcoming road trip. speaking of... dear road trip- a week and a half... ahhh! dear fellow bloggers- anyone interested in guest posting while i'm road tripping? i'm planning to contact a few of you but if you see this and you are interested feel free to email/tweet/comment/whatevs just get in touch with me =)

Happy Friday! Happy Weekend!