Puerto Vallarta: Modeliste Magazine x Shot by G

Photos by: Gabriel Santiago

I can't believe my trip to Mexico with Modeliste Magazine was already a month ago! These are one half of the photos I shot for the mag on the mean streets of Puerto Vallarta. Such a beautiful city with beyond incredible sights and friendly people. I couldn't say thank you enough to everyone and their hospitality.

Now that the fog has settled, and the dust is cleared, I can now share how absolutely chaotic April was for me! I had tons of highs and some pretty low lows. I definitely work on myself every single day to improve parts of my personality I don't particularly like. One being handling stress and disappointment. My biggest inspirations in that department are my parents. Whenever I need a reality check or comfort I usually turn to them because they've lived through it all. They provide me with a better outlook on things aka that everything will be OK. They are so tough and never let a misstep deter their life or bring them down. Sometimes I wonder how I am their child?! haha

But bottom line is that life is beautiful and I am grateful for so many things. I am looking forward to the next several months where I hope to be traveling my face off. I'm excited to see more new places and fill up more pages in my passport. 

And as Drake would say-

All summer sixteen

Playing dirty not clean 

may flowers

Photos by: Will Tee Yang 

May is here and it's coming in with a vengeance. After a whirlwind of  a month filled with more birthdays than I can count, two weekends of Coachella, and MOVING...the dust is settling and a new 31 days is here to tackle. I have spurts of being constantly on-the-go where I never think twice about it. But then the days come where my tank feels a bit empty. I like to call myself a social introvert. (Google it if you aren't familiar!) Sometimes I require downtime alone to fill that tank back up. This may or may not include binge watching Game of Thrones and finally finishing Scandal on Netflix.  

Trying to not let any opportunities pass me by, while also keeping my day to day obligations fulfilled, can sometimes be hard. But with all that said, life right now is pretty fun. I don't know exactly when it happened but I'm happy to report that I managed to score a newfound energy. Falling into a rut is easy. Avoiding it- challenging. So I'd be a fool not to take advantage of how I'm feeling right now. Time to take chances, step out of my comfort zone, and push harder than I was before. I'll sleep when I'm dead. That's the rule right? 

Faithfull the Brand cabana playsuit / Brixton vega wool hat / Vanessa Mooney bardot bolo tie necklace