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Adventures, Not In Seattle

Even More Lost In Travel

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There is a part of me that only exists in travel.

This is likely because I grew up moving. Between states. Between cultures. And on a plethora of road trips crisscrossing the pacific northwest that built an undercurrent of discovery and adventure that fuels who I am to this day.

I let travel, in its many forms, wash over me. From selfies in front of classic monuments to the small moments of observation that can only occur when I am away from what I know. There are grand lessons that only travel can provide as well tiny bits of joy that can only be experienced by being there, wherever there is.

It is from this love of travel, that Amara Not In Seattle developed out of Amara In Seattle ~ Not in opposition to who I am at home, but as the part of who I am that is also at home on the go.

Because travel is a big part of the inspiration that sparks my adventures, last week I announced that my YouTube travel channel, Amara Not In Seattle, will be releasing a new video every #TravelTuesday! I was so on fire that I shared this excitement by getting to the heart of adventure at a park for grown-ups in Las Vegas ~ complete with a fire spitting mantis (really!).

As for this website, I aim to start sharing travel moments that inspire, amuse, or just take me away ~ like the discoveries below.

YouTube Creator, The Clueless Canadian eats a shrimp burger at McDonald’s in Japan, making me really wish I’d tried that Tamago Double Mac (roughly translated to egg on a double Mac) the last time I was in Tokyo.

Holly of The Holiad sent me thinking back through my past adventures with a piece on funny questions she’s been asked while traveling.

Jen of Gypsybus28 remembers her trip to Santorini and reminds me why this island is among my top travel goals.

While researching my trip to London for Summer In the City, I stumbled upon Emma’s Bookish Corner with this wonderful piece about The British Library Crime Classics. Now all I have to decide which of these tales I want to read first!

Lastly, because we travelers are all very busy, I shared episode two of my breif travel series, Just a Minute, where all it takes to get lost in travel is 60 seconds.

Maybe it was a moment, a book, or an experience… Where have you found the spirit of adventure? Please let me know in the comments below.

Getting Lost In Travel,
Amara Not In Seattle

Adventures, In Seattle, Not In Seattle

YouTube SpaceLA – Internet Magic

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I am going to LA in 2 days… I repeat I am going to Los Angeles in 2 Days!

New to content creation on YouTube I was delighted to learn that the YouTube Space in LA was having a YouTube 101 event led by Jacques Slade aka Kustoo open to all creator levels.

Was it too crazy to sign up for an event 3 states away that was happening in 9 days?! Unsure, I called my peeps doing a quick friend survey as to the feasibility of the idea. The result: It was just crazy enough to be brimming with the potential for an amazing story.

Excited about the idea of a whirlwind pop-up trip to LA, I decided to attempt to sign-up… and I got an error message… trying again and again with the same result.

Instead of closing my laptop and giving up, I made one last attempt, creating the video below to explain my wild idea to directly to YouTube.

I’d pretty much figured that would be the end of the story… but for some reason the next morning I tried one last time… and managed to register.

Since then it has been a delightful series of moments of pure #internetmagic.


I am typing this just 2 days away from the adventure and I couldn’t be more excited!

You can follow the adventure as it develops on my twitter @AmaraInSeattle  & on my Instagram (also @AmaraInSeattle).

And there will be all kinds of videos across the Amara In Seattle YouTube channels:

Main: Amara In Seattle

Vlogs: Amara In Seattle Vlogs

Travel: Amara Not In Seattle

And of course I’ve created some hashtags: #internetmagic & #ais2la

Best Adventures,

Amara In Seattle… for now 🙂

 

 

 

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Happy Halloween Scare-attle & Beyond

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I am writing this dressed as Captain Amar-ica at Ada’s Technical bookstore in Capitol Hill, Seattle… or Scare-attle as I am calling it today. It is Halloween and it is raining, natch.


In just a few days life gets even busier, at Midnight tonight Nanowrimo begins, I am suddenly going To LA in just a few days (see Nov. 2nd), and later this November is VloggerFair , the YouTube creator convention in Seattle.

But before November takes hold I am going to revel in Halloween magic. For me that began with the creation of the story time video below where I tell of few of my favorite 90’s Halloween memories.

May yours be spooky and inspiring, filled with creativity, adventure, and excitement.  Now I’m off consume a whole lot of pumpkin spice, while I still can.

Best Adventures,
Captain Amar-ica In Seattle Scare-attle.

P.S. behold the raindrops on my glasses…even as Cap I cannot escape the rain. 🙂

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Now Uploading – YouTube Channels!

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I am so excited. I just keep saying that. At the start of this month, I begin uploading Amara In Seattle videos and within a week I had launched all three Amara In Seattle channels.

Making the decision to start early, while I am still in a learning phase was hard, but I find that creating is about learning as you go. There are many things I am working to improve, but I am thrilled to dig in and grow. To start. To take one step at a time. But most of all, I am excited to start interacting with all of you, amazing digital rock stars.

I hope you will join me on these of strange, beautiful, and fun adventures by subscribing, liking, sharing, and interacting with the three AIS channels:

Amara In Seattle (#AIS), the main channel. Here we adventure in the pacific northwest looking at history, events, pop culture, Americana, geekery, music, books, technology, social media, DIY, thrifting, vintage, retro, nostalgia and all kinds of other cool stuff.

Amara Not In Seattle (#ANIS) is a travel channel. A place for us to get lost traveling from exotic locales to local experiences, these are life enriching journeys. And to help your travels, there will also be travel tips, tricks, books, and reviews.

Amara In Seattle Vlogs (#AISV) is the catchall. A place to do random stuff like unboxings, DITLOs, super random talking, bloopers, internet trend videos, behind the scenes fun and other such vlogish things. http://bit.ly/2dTHKZF

As I keep saying, I am… well… so excited and I hope you are too. It’s going to be such fun!

Questions? Ideas? Leave me a comment on one of the channels above or send an email to: amarainseattleinfo@gmail.com

Business, Press, Events or Collaboration Inquiries, please email: amarainseattlebusiness@gmail.com

Best Adventures,
Amara In Seattle

All, Journal, Life

Adventures Of A Lifetime

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Amara In Seattle (AIS) finally has a landing pad and I couldn’t be happier.

Yesterday marked my first post on this website, so the beautiful wild strange adventures have begun.

Here you will find a plethora of interesting content covering stuff like:

  • Pop Culture
  • Americana
  • Local History
  • Geekery
  • Nostalgia
  • Technology
  • Music
  • Crafts
  • Books
  • Social Media
  • DIY
  • Fashion
  • Beauty
  • Thrifting
  • Travel
  • …and so very much more.

Some of those things my be familiar, the Instagram and Twitter accounts that have been going for years. Then there are the glittering gems like the mixtape project, Mixed with Care, and  Shiny Stuff & Wild Things, a Tumblr sharing small moments of inspiration, joy, and strangeness.

Others adventures are going to be brand new, like my three (yes, three!) new YouTube channels:

But Amara In Seattle is much more than individual videos, projects, and moments, Amara In Seatttle (AIS) is series of adventures led by innovation, creativity, and delight.

What you have found is a community of rock stars forging creation and inspired lives! Have cool ideas? Want to share your inspiration? You can always find me here & by tagging your projects with #AIS

See you soon (I’m so excited!!!)14264076_10105239335017522_7120550377866818869_n

Best Adventures,

Amara In Seattle