San Francisco Inspiration (I'm Back!)

September 17, 2018 Melissa LuVisi

After a two hour drive, running one red light and nearly hitting a pedestrian my colleagues and I arrived in San Francisco for a work convention. Standard operations, if you ask me. The hotel was one of those older hotel where the rooms are a quarter of the size you expect. The Marriott in New Orleans is like this. It had two twin beds, no gym, no frig and a toilet that never fully stopped running despite the, “We save water and are eco friendly” signs littered everywhere. Of course, there was a time I wouldn’t of even noticed any of this.

When you are young, everything is magical and new. The city of San Francisco has always had its hooks in this small town girl. For my first trip to S.F. I was only 18 years old….

Plane Flights, Friendship and Marrakech

May 16, 2017 Melissa LuVisi

I stupidly read all of, The Lonely Plant’s Guide to Marrakech, fear mongering warnings in the back of the book outloud to Sarah, my travel buddy, as we landed in Marrakech. The plane rumbled hitting the ground, and after 24 hours of travelling, delusion and anxiety began to set-in.

ShopSaturday - On Sustainability

June 4, 2016 Melissa LuVisi

It's hard to shop and live sustainably at 22 in New York City. I imagine it's hard to shop and live sustainably in most places and at most life stages...but here me out. I'm a New Yorker and that means I like to think things are ESPECIALLY hard for me. New York is one of the most consumeristic and entertainment fueled cities in the world. The cultural attitude towards almost everything from food to booze to sex to clothing is that it should be easy to come by, exceptional, and should require the least effort and commitment possible.

Road Trips in Review

March 23, 2016 Melissa LuVisi

Growing up in California lends itself to driving. In one day you can go from snowboarding in Tahoe to catching the sunset over the Golden Gate bridge. Road-tripping from one end of the state to the other isn’t uncommon and this weekend I headed up to Bass Lake for a wedding. After three hours of driving I realized that while I wrote about road trip essentials before I left on my cross country trip last winter, I never put together a collection of all the cool places I explored.