Lot of things are changing and I should be more excited, more grateful for all of this. But I am just a bit... meh. Even as the world moves on and tries to reshape itself around the pandemic, forcing everyone to believe its all in the rear-view now, throwing open doors and welcoming everyone "back", something inside me knows on an atomic level that absolutely nothing is the same and can never be the same. …
Author: Annie
→That’s So Annie are the chronicles of a queer, immigrant brown woman who is many things – photographer, marketer, social media junkie, engineer, incurable geek, rescue cat mom, activist – but most importantly, she is a storyteller trying to change the world, one day at a time.
Technically, yes, we are 20 days already into 2020 and also, as it turns out we have one whole year before *this decade* ends, but what the hell. It has been trending all over social media to lists highlights from this decade, so I am going to give it a shot! …
Let me just say it upfront: if you are in Czechia, you cannot miss visiting Český Krumlov. In fact, I would go so far to say that you could even skip some of the overrated tourist destinations in Prague for more than just an idyllic day in this gorgeous south Bohemian city (and UNESCO World Heritage site!) instead. Český Krumlov has all the makings of a fairytale town you would likely read about in storybooks …
Now let’s be real for a second here. As a 90s kid growing up on a steady diet of romantic Yash Chopra movies that featured a heroine running in slow motion through a picturesque landscape with her saree’s pallu flying in the wind behind, while her hero waits with open arms (bonfire in the snow OR a meadow of yellow flowers, optional), I was no stranger to the almost dreamlike quality of being “in Europe” …
(i.e. the last one, the one that ended like 7 months ago) So.. I may have jinxed myself with my last travel blog (the one where I finally visited Canada) and talking about putting up a post within a month. At this point in time, I have visited THREE more countries, two new places in the USA, and there are no signs on the horizon for even edited travel pictures, forget a full blown blog …
(Butternut squash) soup.Wearing winter things, but without gloves.Halloween.Pastels.Boots.ALL THE SEASON PREMIERES!Foggy mornings.Crunchy leaf piles.The beginning of cat snuggle season.Scary movie marathons.Leaf-spotting.Long drives along colorful roads.Fun costumes (that aren’t appropriating any culture).Apple cider.Seasonal decor.🎶 ‘Cause this is THRILLERRRRR 🎶 Hot chocolate.Cleaning out closets.Socks.Oktoberfest.Sweaters and cardigans.Candles and bubble baths.Putting out fairy lights.🎶 Who you gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS! 🎶 Blankets and throws.Jack-o’-lanterns.Lipsticks in berry shades.Supernatural reruns.Extra chai just because. …