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One of my favorite things about the winter holidays in San Diego is that many bars and restaurants go all out with the holiday decor. Think hundreds of string lights, decor all throughout the exterior and interior, and sometimes, fake snow! While this is not an exhaustive list of all the holiday bars and pop-ups in San Diego, I’ve rounded up a handful of my personal favorites that I’d recommend for a night out.
After years of traveling internationally for work and fun, I’ve learned a few go-to tricks that make all the difference in helping me beat jet lag quickly so I can enjoy my trip to the fullest. Here are my top tips for adjusting to jet lag, from what to do on the flight to how to reset your body the first day you’ve arrived.
Little Ally who loved the movie 13 Going on 30, who dreamed of living in Southern California and seeing the world, would be screaming that KLM Airlines interviewed me in their magazine about travel tips to San Diego! I was honored to be chosen to share my travel tips about San Diego, my former home where I lived for close to a decade, in the July 2025 issue of the Holland Herald.
As a digital nomad who prefers having a home base and traveling whenever while working online with a home and community to come back to, I don’t think I would have guessed I would have lived out of my suitcase for eight months straight in 2024! I’ll…get to that. There were also planned trips with friends, including Japan for my birthday (with a major unexpected twist!), Spain for European Summer, and a bunch of shorter trips all over Mexico between my time in the US. Plus, the release of my audiobook version of Infinite Entrepreneur!
Traveling with a camera for the first time is pretty exciting! Even though the cameras on smartphones have gotten significantly better over time, whenever I compare photos taken on my Sony A7III to my iPhone 15, honestly, the Sony wins every time. While I don’t always feel like lugging around a camera while traveling, I’m always grateful for the higher quality photos - and memories! - captured with one. Here are my favorite tips to help you level up your travel photography game.
