A SATURDAY IN SILVERLAKE

Sometimes your best quality can also be your biggest downfall. For example, I'm a very structured, disciplined person. There isn't a day that goes by where I don't start my morning planning my to-do list for the entire week. I meal prep every week which often consists of the same meals and laundry is always a Sunday night activity. For someone who lives and breathes creativity, I like routine and structure in order to make my work week less hectic.

However, with that being said, ever since I've moved to LA, I've made more of an effort to do something new every week. Sometimes I cross multiple things off my bucket list and somedays its one small thing like trying a new hike or coffee shop, but either way, I love venturing out. Its easy to want to stay in bed Sunday morning and go at your own speed, but before you know it, the day is done and you hardly got anything done. LA is a huge, spread out city, which is great for exploring but also makes it harder when you don't want to go too far.

I've lived in LA for almost a year now, but still haven't been to a lot of LA's cool little pockets of different cities and towns. One city that had been on my list since day one was Silverlake, right outside of DTLA. It's a really cool, upcoming city full of young creative twenty-something year olds and an abundance of hipster hot spots. I finally ventured out there a few Saturdays ago and was immediately impressed by its artsy charm. The first stop on my list: The Cactus Store.

Originally, I had just intended on visiting this Cactus shop after discovering it on Instagram, but as I walked around, I found it was so close to all these cool boutiques and coffee shops.

Shout & About is the perfect place for all your little apartment fillers from cute stationary to all your books and candle needs. I wanted to take one of everything home with me. Especially all the cool match sets and s'well waterbottles.

Lastly, I also came across the coolest little grocery store called Cookbook. It had that fresh farm to table feel that just radiates local charm. It had sandwiches and salads all ready to go, but also tons of fresh produce, spices, and oils for purchase. I could have stayed in there for days.

#TRAVEL