#mvoyage | Switzerland

After Somersault last year, I spent two weeks meandering around Gryon, Interlaken, Gimmelwald, & Schynige Platte.  Never before have I encountered landscapes of such magnitude and power.  

Honor Thy Artist

loved being a part of Honor Thy Artist, a collaboration that strives to strengthen relationships between artists in the Nashville community.  

check out their website for everyone's photos from HTY round 3: www.hayleybidez.com/honorthyartist/2016/3/6/bow-down-round-three

stylist: Steph Thorpe

model: Marwa Bashir

hair/makeup: Hayley Bidez

Jordan + Steve

It is always an honor to document people I love. 

music | Charles Johnson

www.charlesjohnsonmusic.com

Socks, Cicadas, & Other Frustrations

it's here!  thank you so much for all your support and love.  grab a copy & share it with the hashtag #otherfrustrationsbook to receive a free postcard!

www.amazon.com/Socks-Cicadas-Other-Frustrations-Moriah/dp/0988206110/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457148432&sr=1-1&keywords=other+frustrations

#mcvoyage | Paris, part 2

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” 

- Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

Considerthewldflwrs jewel tones

www.considerthewldflwrs.com

#mcvoyage | Paris, part 1

I think of:

- baguettes & bicycles

- biking onto a 4 lane highway (ask me about this in person)

- the magic of Paris at night

- Fat Tire bike tour with some New Jersey bros (ask me about this as well)

- listening to the street wake up from our airbnb window

Socks, Cicadas, & Other Frustrations

It's here!  Socks, Cicadas, & Other Frustrations is now available on Amazon at a special pre sale price.

Buy here.

loved working with Trella for their new single, 'Crash'.  Available on iTunes now!

1.24.16

Isn’t it strange how we are repeatedly reintroduced to seasonal weather?  Bodies can be trained to be frighteningly forgetful.  I have experienced 25 winters and am still shocked the first time cold wind stings my face.  The summer sun burning my skin is now difficult to imagine, though I experienced it 5 months prior.  This is a defense mechanism.  The same reaction applies to pain, loneliness, shame, fear.  It’s easier to be intentionally ignorant versus excruciatingly aware.

Whether you are currently kicking some career ass or victim to the scarcity of winter freelance work, remember that our complex, beautiful, sacred human selves are not defined by what we do.   This is not a new concept but one that must be continually carved in our minds.   We are a generation that intellectualizes emotions while remaining protectively numb towards our own.  I was recently asked to pick out my feelings on a chart and couldn’t.   I didn’t want to be categorized or acknowledge that I might be weak or even worse, sad.

So.  Don’t be afraid to unclench your fists and welcome the freedom in knowing that human worth is not measured by worldly occupation.   Vulnerability outweighs status, progress, and knowledge, every time.  I would always choose a difficult, honest conversation over an easy, fake one.   Reverence, joy, love, & laughter would be futile without the existence of their darker counterparts.  Warm weather would be mundane if we didn’t experience winter’s sting.   Ask someone, stranger or lover, something besides “what do you do?”, and absorb their response.  I will work to do the same.  

la croixs over boys

www.lacroixsoverboys.com

#mcvoyage | Belgium + Amsterdam

Brussels + Bruges + Amsterdam

I think of:

- frites & beer (forever ruining all other fries)

- a highly disappointing Belgian waffle followed by a highly satisfying Belgian waffle

- getting wonderfully lost in Bruges

- realizing how bad I am at biking

Austin

music | Aaron Krause

www.aaronkrause.com

2015: a recap

9 countries,  15 states,  46 flights,  22 trains,  8 road trips  

lots to look forward to, even more to be thankful for. 

   "As it turns out, awe is a muscle, built through the quietly radical act of paying attention."  -Misadventures Magazine

some favorites from 2015:

featured | Misadventures Magazine

Beyond honored to have some Iceland & Somersault photos featured in the newest issue of Misadventures, an adventure magazine for women. 

Love this excerpt from their editor: " Misadventures is a space where women can see themselves reflected back not as hot bods or token experts or endearing anomalies, but as the wild, curious, unapologetic people they are. Misadventures is about the misses, the adventures, and the misadventures that make up all the best stories- the ones that have scars as proof, the ones you share around a fire or in the hull of a sinking ship." 

Both males & females should grab a copy! Link below. Be inspired to explore and reminded that there is more to a human than their occupation or appearance.

www.misadventuresmag.com/shop

Ranger Station Supply Co

Over the past few months, I've been able to work with the wonderful people at Ranger Station Supply Co, a company that makes amazing smelling candles in bourbon glasses.

They now have 4 scents available: Leather + Pine, Amber + Clove, Fire, & Balsam Fir.  The perfect Christmas gift!

www.rangerstationsupply.co

Argentina

09.2014

last year I took a little trip to Argentina with my name-twin Macayla.

Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Bariloche.