LA in 50 Words

My summer in LA: Hiking, Cupcakes, In-N-Out, MTV, Celebrity Sightings, Harry Potter, The Price is Right, Warner Brothers Studios, Traffic, Cirque du Soleil, Grauman’s Chinese Theater, CityWalk, Yoga, Super People, Hollywood Cemetery, Venice Beach, Malibu, Mullholland Drive, Santa Monica Pier, Rodeo Drive, Taxis, Getting Lost, Climbing the Ladder

Meals on Wheels

This past week at my MTV internship, I had the opportunity to do some volunteer work.  One of my coworkers volunteers every other week with the Meals on Wheels organization in Santa Monica and he invited me to go along for the day.  We had 8 stops to bring hot meals and milk to elderly [...]

Yoga in Griffith Park

In the early hours yesterday morning, after a slight detour around Griffith Park in search of the carousel, Cassidy and I had our first yoga lesson with Elon Alumni Joanna Bateman.  We learned all about how to use energy from our bodies to pull in every direction in order to get the best workout and [...]

The Griffith Observatory

After a fantastic day of shopping in Glendale at the beautiful little pseudo-promenade, my friends decided to drive up to the Griffith Observatory to watch the sunset and I decided to crash.  Driving up the winding, twisted roads took longer than we expected and we didn’t make it for the whole sunset but the view [...]

The LAnd of Cupcakes

Through my travels of Los Angeles and its surrounding area, I have lost my fear of new foods and found a love of cupcakes.  The concept of mini cupcakes is the best idea in my mind and the fact that LA has embraced this fad has opened up a whole new challenge.  Over the weekend, [...]

Ballads by Mark Ballas

Since coming to LA two weeks ago, I have met some great people, had some delicious food, and finally made it to my internship without getting lost for 45 minutes! This week, while working at my Santa Monica reception desk at MTV Networks, I was invited to come upstairs and watch the performer for the [...]