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Sakura in Bloom The cherry blossom trees are in peak bloom this weekend and D.C. is celebrating with the annual cherry blossom festival. From March 20-April 13, there’s different activities and events throughout the week, and many restaurants and stores have featured cherry blossom themed decorations and limited edition foods. The cherry blossom trees were Read more
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Next stop: PHIL One impulsive idea and an impromptu planning meeting later, Makenna and I headed to Philadelphia for the weekend. It was a very spontaneous trip that started with me just asking “hey what if we went to Philly?” We found a hotel, booked our tickets for Amtrak, and headed up the East coast Read more
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E pluribus unum Today our internship arranged for us to take a tour of the Capitol. I actually didn’t know that this was something you could do and I didn’t really know what to expect either. We were separated into two tour groups, and since my friend and I were in a later group, we Read more
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The Air and Space Museum I made it through my second full week of work! This week seemed to drag forever, and I’ve been so exhausted. But I only have 10 weeks in D.C. and didn’t want to spend every weekend lounging around, so today, me and another friend from work went to visit some Read more
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Psychic Fever at Howard Theater Today I went to a concert! One of my favorite music groups is a Japanese boy group called Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe (or Psyfe for short!) The group consists of seven members: Tsurugi, Ryoga, Ryushin, Ren, Jimmy, Kokoro, and Weesa. I believe the group was established in 2019, but Read more
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Little Post-Work Adventure Yesterday, I was so tired after work that I didn’t want to look at anything. I just wanted to go home, get a pizza, get in my pajamas, then go to bed. Today, since I didn’t have much to do, I was able to leave early at about noon, which I won’t Read more
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Next Stop: Washington D.C. Today’s officially the day. We start yet another adventure in Washington D.C. I feel like this day simultaneously took forever to come and came too quickly. I’d only been talking about going for months now, and it’s finally time to go. Leading up to today, packing was a bit of a Read more
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2025 Travels I can’t believe that 2024 is over. The year honestly felt like a fever dream, and sometimes I find it hard to believe that I actually accomplished all that I did in the past year. Japan was a dream of mine for a long time, and I’m so thankful to have been able Read more
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