baby, it's cold outside: chicago & new york travel blog
baby, it's cold outside: chicago & new york travel blog

Discovering a new love for deep-dish pizza and snow flurries, and catching up with old friends in New York

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traveljayemseyChicago, New York City, gentrification, Lake Michigan, Magnificent Mile, Northwestern, Chicago Riverwalk, Lou Malnati's, snow, The Bean, Cloud Gate, Art Institute of Chicago, impressionism, Monet, Cézanne, Picasso, Hoosier Mama's Pie Shop, pie flights, pie, Chicago Public Library, Skydeck Chicago, hot dog, Downtown Dogs, Giordano's, New York, Second Avenue Subway, dim sum, Chinatown, Momofuku Milk Bar, b'day truffles, Columbus Circle, Times Square, The Plaza, Tiffany's, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Melt Shop, The Penrose, Duke's, Central Park, Levain Bakery, Carroll Place, Greenwich Village, Smorgasburg, Luke's Lobster, Lady M, Meatpacking District, The High Line, Ample Hills Creamery, Chelsea Market, Hudson River, Washington Square Park, Spot Dessert Bar, molten chocolate lava cake, Beer Authority, Shake Shack, Union Square, Artists & Fleas, van Gogh, the Louvre Comments
friday five: international women's day edition
friday five: international women's day edition

How a little girl stopped Wall Street in its tracks + what we can learn about feminism from Solange Knowles

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friday fivejayemseyInternational Women's Day, A Day Without a Woman, Women's March, Fearless Girl, Wall Street, McCann, identity, feminism, diversity, tragedy of the commons, sexism, Modern Love, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, love, Solange, Beyoncé, A Seat at the Table, Lemonade, compassion, empathy, Uber, #DeleteUber, Susan J. Fowler, Silicon Valley, misogyny, rape culture, STEM, Melinda Gates, TED TalksComment
a love letter to the lion city (jayemsey x singapore, part IV)
a love letter to the lion city (jayemsey x singapore, part IV)

The final chapter of my Singapore adventures...thanks for the memories :')

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traveljayemseytourists, blogging, Sentosa, Singlish, Singapore, lah, Marina Bay Sands, Marina Bay, ION Sky, Whisk Café, Gardens by the Bay, Supertrees, Flower Dome, Cloud Forest, Karl the Fog, Marina Barrage, laser show, Chinese Garden, Japanese Garden, turtles, Pulau Ubin, nature, Escape the Room, lo hei, Chinese New Year, Chinese food, lion dance, Kazu Sumiyaki, hawker center, Platform 1904, Harry Potter, Goblet of Fire, STRAY by Fatcat, truffle fries, emotion, diversity, JAYEMSEY x SingaporeComment
ruins: phnom penh & siem reap travel blog
ruins: phnom penh & siem reap travel blog

Reflections on Cambodia's past, present, and future and its parallels to America

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traveljayemseyCambodia, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Gwendolyn, Cambodian Genocide, Khmer Rouge, tuk-tuk, The Share Phnom Penh Hostel, Tuol Sleng, UNESCO, authoritarianism, Holocaust, Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot, prison, riverside, Choeung Ek, Killing Fields, Chinese New Year, Giant Ibis, Prisoner of Azkaban, Angkor Wat, temples, City of Temples, Missing Socks Laundry Café, Ta Prohm, Tomb Raider, Angelina Jolie, night market, Pub Street, Bayon, Angkor Thom, Baphuon Temple, Old Market, Donald Trump, NaziComment