Just wanted to give everybody a heads up and let them know that I was (officially) hired full time at WONGDOODY today, the ad agency I have been interning at for the past six months. It’s been a long road, and I’ve learned a LOT along the way and am excited to face the new challenges that this position brings. Apologize for the brevity of this post. Life has thrown me more things than I can possibly finish, so for now this will have to do. Reach out if you have any questions!
After spending an unforgettable summer in Los Angeles, I’ve made the transition back to where I grew up: the great Pacific Northwest. I hopped on the 10 (Interstate 10) at approximately 12 noon on a Monday and nearly 1,400 miles later pulled into Pullman, Washington, a little about 2 o’clock in the afternoon on Wednesday. Spending a week with my girlfriend and friends was a great interlude to continuing my internship at WONGDOODY Seattle, the place where it all began for the Wong and the Doody. I drank beer, laughed ’til my side hurt and completely set aside anything that I couldn’t see in my immediate vicinity. After my Pullman trip, it was back to where it all began for me: Seattle. I couldn’t believe how clean the air was, the smell of wet grass after a heavy rain and the way that everything was so GREEN. So glad to be back in Seattle. It will forever and always be the place that I call home. Where I will tell people that I grew up. Looking forward to getting acquainted, once again, with the city where it all began for...
In this edition of The Bewildered Traveler we sit down with Mario, a native German and seasoned traveller who will tell us about an experience where he was travelling in China. It all begins with Mario quitting his job. The next logical move? “I decided to backpack through China,” he said with a smile. This particular story details Mario being deceived by a pair of elderly Chinese con men (and no, it was not the Ying Yang Twins). Who knew two old men could con such a crafty German like Mario? We definitely...
…video installments on “The Bewildered Travler”, we interview a young woman by the name of Sydney who lives in Los Angeles, CA. Sydney tells a story about trying to take the train from Rome to Barcelona and the disastrous situation that unfolded. This is her story. Dun Dun! (Law & Order SFX)
…it all began in the spring of 2008 when I got this crazy idea that went something like “Why don’t I go to school in another country and see how things work out?” That’s when I got hooked on travelling. The spring of 2008 was the most eye-opening experience of my life. Five months of living in Rome, Italy, which was hundreds of miles away from the nearest Starbucks and thousands of miles away from the closest friend I had upon arrival. During that time period, I lived and travelled through Italy, meeting a long-lost cousin who spoke no English and whose boyfriend claimed to have drank 20 liters of beer at a German Oktoberfest during his youth (no witnesses exist). Then on to Dublin, Ireland, where I spent St. Patrick’s Day amongst a group of red-headed drunkards with a group of close friends from Italy. A short flight brought me to Spain, where Barcelona’s sandy beaches and Madrid’s clean “El Sol” neighborhood made me smile every time I took a sip from my KFC beer mug (yes, KFC has beer on tap). Portugal treated me well, as a group of travelling German’s and Poles showed me around town in beautiful Lisbon. Brusseles, in Belgium, was too short and sweet for my liking. But we had to make it to Holland! The train ride between the countries was serene: filled with tulips and windmills as far as the eye could see. Finally, a flight into Berlin showed me why Germany is so amazing. We were supposed to hop a train to Prague that same day, but guess what? We fell in love with Berlin and ended up staying for an additional two nights before heading to the Czech Republic for a week surrounded by castles, medieval bridges and statues of the great astronomer Tycho Brahe. I saw boatloads of new things coupled with a never-ending list of exciting experiences along the way during my travels. It is these experiences that have largely shaped the man I have become today. Since that spring I have taken more pride in travelling my own country, the United States of America, and will continue to explore the world and all that it has to offer. Since my European excursion, I have visited Boston for St. Patrick’s Day, New York City, Denver, Louisville for the Kentucky Derby, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. My last adventure took me to Japan, where I visited Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara & Osaka for 2 weeks of absolute disconnect from the world — no cell phone or email for this...