travel guides!
Welcome the Sincerely Jamie Lynn travel guides!!
I’m very grateful for all of the opportunities I’ve had to travel and experience the world. Through travel, I get to do one of my favorite things - find and plan out new experiences! Below I’ve listed all of my favorites from the places I’ve been. They’re broken up by things to do, shop, and eat with the occasional stay thrown in.
I’ve also linked my Instagram highlight which recaps many of my travel experiences. Feel free to DM me on insta if you have any questions!
(ALSO if you see any 🖤s throughout these guides, those mark my FAVORITES and things I must do each time I visit said city.)
los angeles, california
traveled/duration: 2022/resident for ~ 8 months!
location(s): la, malibu
KEY: things to do 🪐 | shop ✨ | eat 🌾
instagram highlights LINK
Los Angeles is one of the most frun places to travel! There is a little bit of everything in one place. I lived in LA for a little under a year and have compiled all my favorite things to do, shop, and eat:
📍 santa monica pier
📍 pirate’s cove
📍 echo park
📍 UCLA botanical garden
📍 will roger’s state beach
To Eat
🌾 Prince of Venice
🌾 California Chicken Cafe
🌾 Il Pastaio 🖤🖤
🌾 Kith’s Ice Cream Bar
🌾 Milk Bar
🌾 Sunlife
🌾 Violet Bistro
To Do
🪐 Catch a Movie @ Regency Westwood
🪐 Sunset at the Beach 🖤🖤
🪐 Catch a Sample Sale/Estate Sale
🪐 Spend the day in Malibu 🖤🖤
🪐 Silverlake Flea
🪐 Walk Echo Lake Park
🪐 UCLA’s free Botanical Garden
🪐 The Getty, Villa and Center
🪐 Go for a bike/walk/run on the beach in Santa Monica
To Shop
✨ Melrose Trading Co
✨ The Original Farmer’s Market
✨ The Last Bookstore
✨ ROW DTLA
✨ Brentwood Country Mart
✨ Studio City’s Barnes and Noble
austin, texas
traveled: may 2021
duration: 4 nights, 3 days
KEY: things to do 🛹 | shop 🤠| eat 🌯
instagram highlights LINK
I’ve visited Austin multiple times growing up but May 2021 was the first time I’d planned a trip to the Lone Star capital without my parents! Below are all my favs and must-dos when visiting:
📍barton springs greenbelt
📍 zilker park
📍 jo’s coffee
📍 congress st.
📍 zilker park
📍 heel of the boot
To Do
🛹 WATCH THE BATS 🖤🖤
🛹 Zilker Park
🛹 Explore South Congress
🛹 Lady Bird Lake
🛹 Barton Springs
🛹 The Domain
To Shop
🤠 Common Goods
🤠 Feathers Vintage
🤠 Paperwork
🤠 South Congress Books
🤠 Neighborhood Goods
(honestly any shop on south congress)
To Eat
🌯 Paperboy
🌯 Mozart’s
🌯 Kerby Lane
🌯 Heel of the Boot 🖤🖤🖤
🌯 Revival Coffee
🌯 Via 313
🌯 Home Slice
🌯 Jo’s Coffee