Shelbella: Fremont, Niles, San Fran and Hard Girls!

Hello there! Let's just ignore the long absence and pretend I wasn't MIA for the past 6 months. Okay? Cool. Movin' on! Sean and I went up north the last weekend in June and it was probably one of the best trips I've had in a while! Maybe it's because I haven't traveled or left for any type of vacation in over a year. There's been a lot of craziness going on in my life, I don't even know where to begin. There's been a lot of change and movement these past 6 months, I can't believe how far I've come. I'm really proud of myself to be honest. Anywho. Sean and I originally went up north to see Hard Girls play their record release show but we made a few stops along the way. One of my best friends, Jenn, just moved up north and I wanted to pay her a tiny visit. We stayed with her in Fremont and she introduced us to the wonderful town of Niles. Niles had to be one of the many highlights of this trip. It was small, quaint and filled with antiquing stores. Niles was also known for Charlie Chaplin, supposedly. His face was plastered all over town. Everywhere we went, the image of his infamous cane, stache and hat were printed on shirts, dolls, magnets, books and just about every novelty item you could think of. It was amazing. After spending time with Jenn, we moved on to the big city. San Francisco. It was a journey getting there and actually navigating the city but we made it. It was awesome seeing the amazing views of San Francisco, what wasn't awesome was trudging through all the vertical hills throughout the city. We finally made it to the show and it was amazing! All the bands that played that night were awesome. Leer, Shinobu and Winter Break all did a solid job! Hard Girls blew us away! I got one video from the night but took a bunch of pictures :)