Lake Naivasha Water Safari

Did you know that Hippos are the most deadly animal in Africa? As a fan of trivia I knew this little fact, so going on a water safari on Lake Naivasha in Kenya had me a bit anxious. However – we managed to view wild hippos incident-free. When we arrived at the shore where we were meeting our guide I couldn’t help but think of that Disney World ride where you go …

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Sole Hope on Bittersweet Monthly!

When we left the states in June we didn’t have a concrete plan for where we would be traveling – with the exception of Uganda and Kenya. Why those two countries? Our whole idea of traveling for the summer began with the proposition of working on media assets for two incredible organizations and the rest of the trip evolved from there. One of those organizations was Sole Hope. Sole Hope …

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We are planning a trip!

A few changes are happening here at the Baker house – including our actual house (!). We have always dreamed of doing some extended travel and have decided to take advantage of a career change to make this dream a reality. In short, we have one way tickets to Uganda and will be flying out in two weeks to work on some video and photography projects. After some time in East …

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Assateague Island 2015

We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect weather forecast for our weekend on Assateague Island this year. It was literally 75 degrees and sunny with a nice breeze each day that we were there and we spent all of our time outside enjoying it. Some of you may remember that Dave’s family has been camping on the island for about 40 years now, so Dave has memories of camping …

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Los Angeles Views

Oh Los Angeles. You made me feel all kinds of feelings for you this week. I promise I love my precious DC, but the the sunshine and the palm trees. You temptress, you. I think my favorite thing about LA was the street art everywhere. And the fact that there was always an amazing beach near by. And architecture like this. That also happened to be a set for several movies. …

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Who Run the World?

In honor of International Women’s Day I wanted to take a minute to honor all of the incredible women who I’ve had the privilege of meeting over the past few years through this blessing of a job that I have. Here’s to the girls who jumped off of the back of a truck to escape Boko Haram. Here’s to the single mom in North Carolina who worked her and her children …

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NPR Tour

I’ve passed the beautiful National Public Radio building more times than I can count while driving down North Capitol over the past (almost) four years of living in DC, but never had an excuse to go in. Then, my lovely friend, Sarah, informed me that the only excuse needed was to sign up for free tour. Who knew? So one sunny, but extremely cold, day we teamed up with the always-wonderful …

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Maternity Wards: Guyana

I have been watching a lot of BBC’s Call the Midwife over the past few months. Have you seen it? If not, you should really check it out. The show is about midwives in post-WWII London – I know that doesn’t sound exciting, but it’s kind of amazing. I promise. The reason I am bringing this up, is that while we were in Guyana I had the chance to spend some …

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