I feel like spring always gets so busy, and April is already flying by! Check out my previous R.E.P.O.R.T.s here, I copied this format from Ella Henry’s Substack, Gut Feelings. READING I just started The House…
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Restaurants Worth Crossing the 405 For If you don’t know Los Angeles, “the westside” is kind of a loose term but I think it’s supposed to cover everything west of the I-405 freeway like Santa…
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My bestie from college, Kat, moved to Austin about six months ago while she does online grad school classes, and we had a blast, spending about 5 days exploring the city! I visited Austin for…
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MY FIRST PGA TOURNAMENT Through my job (read more about my job in media planning in this post), I got to attend the last day of the Genesis Invitational at the Riviera Country Club in…
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One of my 2026 resolutions is to blog more, so I’m going to try to write more of these mixed bag posts where I can just yap about some of the things I’ve been thinking…
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This was supposed to be a January 2026 R.E.P.O.R.T., but January felt kind of brutal, as I was working a lot of 12-hour days and on weekends and I just didn’t have time to sit…
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Wow 2026 I can’t believe it. I feel like 2025 went by in the blink of an eye. I don’t really know what this year will bring. I kind of want to chill out a…
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2025 RESOLUTIONS RESULTS: 5.5/11 Well, it’s been another year of only achieving half of my resolutions. I did stop tracking a lot of these in my Habit app, but I’ll try to be better about…
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I knew it was unlikely that I’d read over 40 books like in 2024, but I still set my goal at 36 books; however, I only ended up reading 21 books. I think it’s partially…
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2025 has been another year of trying 150+ new restaurants!! If you’re wondering how I keep track, it’s through an app called Beli! It’s a social restaurant-ranking app where you can bookmark places you want…
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My mom is artsy, and I grew up taking different art classes, going to museums on craft days, and painting ceramics at Creatively Yours at Crossroads Mall every year. We even had a room in…
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If you’re looking for an easy weekend getaway from Los Angeles, I highly recommend doing a road trip up to San Luis Obispo County! Back in college, I went to SLO in the winter with…
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Los Angeles has so many things to do, and since I’ve been traveling a little less this year, I’ve been having fun being a tourist in my own city! I’ve been to so many more…
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I went to London for the first time with my sister in 2023 (blog post here), and I did not expect to be back so soon! London is such a massive city, and there are…
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Scotland’s known for being dreary, but my friends and I got super lucky with the weather and had mostly sunny skies during our 3 days in Edinburgh in July. Scotland was never really on my…
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Last weekend, I did my first maternity photo shoot! My friend Camilla and her husband, Joe are expecting a baby boy in August, and they asked me to take their maternity photos. It’s crazy to…
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If you have a couple of extra days in Ireland to fill, I recommend spending 2 days in Belfast! When I was planning my UK trip for this summer, I thought we’d go to Dublin…
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Here’s how my friends and I spent 3 days in Dublin, the first stop of my Euro Summer! WHEN TO GO TO DUBLIN I went to Dublin during peak summer tourist season in July. This…
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While Seattle has a happening food scene, the surrounding areas I grew up in were mostly suburban and even only had the basic fast food restaurants (Chick-fil-A who?). I lived in Mercer Island and Bellevue…
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27 was truly a year of unexpected highs and lows. I’m ultimately thankful for all the doors that have been opened and shut over the past 12 months and looking forward to this next lap…
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I had seen the Flower Fields in Carlsbad on Instagram since I was in college at Chapman, but I had never made it down there. For anyone reading who isn’t familiar with Southern California, Carlsbad…
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This post is inspired by Lee Tilghman’s Offline Time Substack. I don’t know much about her, from what I’ve gathered, I think she was a bigger influencer a few years ago and then tried to…
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This year has been slow to ramp up, but March definitely felt busier! R is for Reading I realize I got a ton of reading done at airports last year. I haven’t been on any…
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Earlier this week, the DNA testing company, 23andMe, filed for bankruptcy. I haven’t dug into their financials or done very much research on them, but as a customer myself, it didn’t come as a surprise.…
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I met my bestie, Kat, at the beginning of freshman year at Chapman University. She’s from Pound Ridge, NY and I’m from Bellevue, WA, but we both wanted to major in Public Relations & Advertising…
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Being in your twenties is all about trying to “figure it out” while realizing no one has it figured out. For me right now, that includes how to spend and save money while living in…
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FIRE UPDATE It’s day 11 of LA fires and I’m trying to write a blog post even though I don’t know what to really write about. We are now down to 2 main fires. At…
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Thank you to everyone who’s reached out in the past day and to my friends who have offered me a place to stay if needed. At the moment (1pm on 1/08), there are 4 main…
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New year, new resolutions!! Looking back, I’ve accomplished a lot in the past 6 years of setting New Year’s resolutions (read resolution result blog posts here). I’ve successfully built some really good habits like reading,…
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2024 RESOLUTIONS RESULTS: 5.5/11 I actually forgot that I made some of these resolutions, but that’s what happens when you don’t track them. While I didn’t completely reach all my goals for 2024, I definitely…
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Hi, I'm Laura Claypool, and I'm so jazzed you're here! I'm a blogger and self-taught photographer seeking adventure, artisanal ice cream, and other experiences that make me feel alive!
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