Bon Vivant
A blog about exploration, connection, and reflection.
![A Gentleman in Portland](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f209d8c25df77149e117f8c/1664472492081-OSWTJIXMQ5ETJT2VV7K1/roses.jpg)
A Gentleman in Portland
My summer in Portland, OR, viewed thru the lens of the best-selling novel “A Gentleman in Moscow”
![Worlds of Las Vegas](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f209d8c25df77149e117f8c/1652720489120-MH0XLNA3S3QLSR5F1V5C/corey+omega.jpg)
![Coachella 2022](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f209d8c25df77149e117f8c/1650396060999-4PFVW5JMCZ27YM1NRAQV/IMG_0964.jpg)
![Cocktail Tour — LA](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f209d8c25df77149e117f8c/1646358553663-OTFZ1VTI5KTLLOP1JJ0H/oceana.jpg)
![The Gambler](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f209d8c25df77149e117f8c/1642025198228-EHTR6UR24JQL1K81B32J/rw+table.jpg)
![Everlasting Summer](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f209d8c25df77149e117f8c/1640119015472-BBK1AQS0YD0464E5Y74F/purple+gate.jpg)
![Weekends of LA](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f209d8c25df77149e117f8c/1636417491645-KQPJE83ZDNN84XAAOFQJ/boat+wave.jpg)
![Trip Trans America — Final Part](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f209d8c25df77149e117f8c/1632779641045-L6ZEHP6GWY6OXBU47OS4/tesla+mudslide.jpg)
Trip Trans America — Final Part
My eight-week trip throughout the country concludes with bourbon, palm trees, and mudslides.
![Trip Trans America — Part Six](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f209d8c25df77149e117f8c/1631071542661-9L3HJJJLHCR2WKKTVVW9/carcass%2Bbody.jpg)
![Trip Trans America — Part Five](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f209d8c25df77149e117f8c/1629506769392-JEECFWRAXGGYRSNQENNU/lava+tube.jpg)
Dedicated to my mom: my first and always teacher.