You know how “lifestyle” and fashion bloggers go to fancy hotels and show all the high-end traveling they do and the extremely well-staged food and accessories photos? Well, this is not that. This is just life, no time to edit.

I have been away for a while focusing on other projects, so I know I have a lot of pending directory listings and collaboration requests that are still awaiting response, but they are coming!

Living in a small city has it’s pros and cons, San Luis Obispo is one of the most desirable places to live, so it’s very expensive and awesome; I like bigger places but SLO is great because you don’t need a car to get around. This year, we traveled quite a bit within California and we went to Costa Rica, we  hope to be ready for a bit Euro trip in 2016. I also made new friends and that’s possibly my biggest accomplishment since moving here over 2 years ago. Also, in this first half of 2015, I became a fan of:

• Elon Musk
• SpaceX
• Snapchat (follow me: yarinav)
• Balenciaga city bags
• Gianvito Rossi shoes
• Giuseppe Zanotti shoes
• Having one good bracelet that I don’t ever take off
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things
• Uber

For now, I simply wanted to show some pictures that illustrate the first half of this year.

Randomly me

That’s my mom!

My high school BFF ♥

I have a love/hate relationship with these jeans. Check out the EnduraFlap in the background.

SMXWest 2015

My first YV Analytics business cards

SLO life

At Kreuzberg in SLO

Brewing trouble at Pints for Pups fundraiser, TapIt Brewing

Breakfast at Taco Roco

Our favorite Couchsurfers, Servesh and Manan

At Redondo Beach

I met my first niece

Requiem by Verdi at the Performing Arts Center

Me, looking important

One of the most senior choir members, our friend Ron Tarica, keeps the very first booklet he used for the first time, check out all the different times they have presented this piece on the top corner

Mikey’s first day of school

Trying out a Vegan extravaganza at Shine Cafe in Morro Bay

Our new favorite Mexican place on Shell Beach, Zorro’s

My second new favorite place in SLO, Taste

My new favorite place in SLO, Sidecar

Sidecar Eggs Benedict

Danny and Ryan got married ♥, Oakland

An awesome discovery in Sunnyvale

My new favorite denim shorts

Note: I just wore that t-shirt for the National French Fries Day, I do not promote the discriminate consumption of fries

And yes, I had a birthday!

My new natural makeup and body care infatuation

Lush, Las Vegas

And that mascara review I never posted…

In case you were wondering, the winner was Josie Maran Black Oil Mascara

The puppy black and white photoshoot

Jim Croce, Avila Beach, a snake and Swarovski crystal dog harness

From Super Zoo in Las Vegas

Oh, yeah, and I went full vegetarian/vegan this year. I am not fully vegan because I love cheese and I’m not letting that go completely, also eggs for special occasions are ok. Now that I’m back from working a lot on my company, I will post more but shorter updates. I also got a new lighting set for my birthday, so I’m going back to the intense fashion pics soon. Hang in there.