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    nights like these

    by Kaylah Stroup January 10, 2017
    night photography

    After quite a few months of being lazy bums, staying indoors in the evenings, and watching too much Supernatural instead of going out Jeff and I have been making an effort to get out and wander around the city before finally calling it a night. I don’t know why we waited until it was super cold to get back into the habit instead of being out all summer but it feels darn good. It’s amazing how satisfying it is to just be outside, getting fresh air and taking photo. It’s such a simple act but it always improves my mood.

    Wandering around at night is never really something I did until moving to the city and meeting Jeff. Even in Geneva, where I lived before Cleveland, where it was suuuuper safe, I remember being outside my house after dark waiting for my best friend to show up and feeling like it was something I shouldn’t have been doing. Now it’s something I do regularly. It’s something that makes me feel alive, and like I’m a part of the city. It’s always funny when someone asks where I like to hang out in
    Cleveland or in my neighborhood and then starts naming bars. I don’t
    drink so bars have never really been my scene. To answer the question
    I’m likely to tell you how about all the weird little nooks and crannies my friends and I have sneaked around to get a photo, or my favorite weird little industrial roads.

    cleveland, playhouse square

    Here’s to more nights like these, no matter the weather! 
    xoxo

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  • a few of my favorite posts from 2016 – part two

    by Kaylah Stroup January 8, 2017

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  • life lately : the new apartment

    by Kaylah Stroup January 7, 2017

    2017 sure started with a bang! After a few weeks of delays, we finally moved into our new apartment on January 1st. Woooo. We loaded up the moving truck with Jeff’s things and brought them over to the new place only to find my landlord was still hustling to finish up some last minute things. …

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