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Sacramento, 2019

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Barcelona, 2018

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Liverpool, 2018

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London, 2018

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Bridge of Sighs

Oxford, 2017

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Melrose Abbey

Scotland, 2017

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Current Loves: May 2019

Prayers Being Answered
Spending as much Time with my Sis BFF Gay as I can before she’s a SoCal Grrrl
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My New Blog Post: #Liverpool + Living As Art is Finally #written + Up! These Words are Truly a Labor of #Love + Represent two things I hold close to my Heart, and Deep In My Soul: Travel + Living Life as a Work of Art. . . . . Swipe L t R: In My Treasured ‘ Living As Art ‘ Airbrushed Tee that I got at the @castatefair + My Treasured Signed Postcard from @yokoonoofficial , Thank YOU Endlessly, Yoko ✌🏾❤️ + I Finally made it to the City I have been Dreaming about since I was 16, Liverpool! + In My Dear Mate Kat’s @airbnb + Shooting a #selfportrait with my @leica_camera right after I turned 51! + Me with my SO Beloved Sis BFF @gtrip1 from our BFF Photoshoot taken by My Bruddah Cuz @kreyz80 , Thank YOU! As She moves to #socal to Live Her Dream, I will Miss being close to each other but I am SO Excited for our New Adventures Together! + My Grrrl @cyndikspencer and I are doing a #podcast Together, and I am SO excited! We first met each other 20 Years ago in @midtownsac when we used to go to see #bands Play: Stay Tuned for more on our Podcast + My #netherlands /Sacto Grrrl @reamac : We Met in Europe but livedthisclosetoeachother In Sacto, and we never crossed Paths! She has a new Blog: go to her IG for the Link! . . . . . ➡️ Click on the Link in my Bio to go to My Heartfelt Blog Post ⬅️. . . . . Thank YOU + let me know what you think, If you want to Collaborate with me , and Please Share My Post with Others 🙏🏾💞✨‼️. . . . . @thebeatles @lindamccartney @marymccartney @julespicturepalace @sean_ono_lennon @wanderlustmag @ernestjournal @interviewmag . . . . . #photographer #lifestylephotographer #lifestyleblogger #blogger #travelblogger #traveling #style #wanderlust #adventure #travel #storyteller #thebeatles #inspiration #bff #love #solotravel #travelgram #travelphotography #instatravel #neverstopexploring #lonelyplanet #traveldeeper #theglobewanderer . . . . . ➡️ Higher Res Pics will be on my Website: geniecbalantacphotography.com: Under Social Media ⬅️

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Past Loves: April 2019

Dynamic Catholic’s: Best Lent Ever
My Catholic Faith
His Resurrection!
Game of Thrones: Season 8
My Grrrl Rea’s New Blog!
Finding out His True Colors
Daily Om: The Journey of Finding A Relationship …
My Impending Podcast with my Grrrl Cyndi!
BFF Photo Shoot with My Cousin Rey!
Episode 3 of Season 8 of Game of Thrones: WOW.

Past Loves: March 2019

Lent
My New iPad Pro
Going to the Library

Past Loves: February 2019

Insta Style By Tezza
Daily Om
Watching the Sun Rise

Past Loves: January 2019

Blogging/Writing @ My Trip
Life on the River
Fixing Up My Art Shed

Past Loves: December, 2018

First Solo Trip Overseas:
My New Leica Camera
Stamps in my Passport
Aer Lingus
All the Uber Drivers I had on my Trip
Qbic Hotel + Meeting my new Mate Filip
Whitechapel Gallery
Parading on Brick Lane/Shoreditch
Getting my Swagger back
Virgin Train First Class
Airbnb
My new Mate Kat’s Airbnb in Liverpool
Liverpool
Hope Street
Turning 51
Magical Mystery Tour
Cavern Club
Double Fantasy Exhibit at the Liverpool Museum
My Birthday Dinner at the Art School Restaurant
Easy Jet
Barcelona
My Mates Guillaume + Ali’s Airbnb in the El Born District
Galeria Maxo
My Mate Clara
La Sagrada Familia
Airbnb Experiences
With Locals
Tapas
Photo/Video Shooting with Fiorella + Marc
Marc’s Kick Arse Short Film of Me!
La Barceloneta
La Boqueria Market
Street Art in the El Born District
Amsterdam
The Student Hotel
My New Mate Agostino
Anne Frank Museum
Van Gough’s Sunflowers + Bedroom Pieces
Moco Museum
Bansky
Parading around in Amsterdam with no plans
Haarlem, Netherlands
My new Mates Rea + Leo
My new Mate Lulu
Having drinks in Chicago with Lulu
My Annual New Year’s Eve Photoshoot

Past Loves: November, 2018

Our Magic Cottage
Planning My Trip
2018’s Lessons + Blessings

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January 19, 2019: Shift …
November 8th, 2018: With Love, 6th Avenue: Part Deux
November 4th, 2018: With Love, 6th Avenue
October 27th, 2018: See Ya 6th Avenue ….
September 30, 2018: Home …
August 30, 2018: Good Bye Summer …
June 3, 2018 : Halfway Through 50 + Edinburgh + A Wee Bit of Dublin …
March 5, 2018: Wiltshire County + Oxford with A Side of Sacramento …
February 4, 2018: The Milestone …
January 30, 2018: First Blog Post on my 50th Birthday Trip: Traveling …
September 28, 2017 : Passion …
September 18, 2017: Spiritual Being Having a Human Experience …

Past Loves: October, 2018

It Feeling like Fall
Watching the Clouds with my Morning Coffee
Theo’s Hugs + his Smile when I sing the ‘ Hokey Pokey!
… when I used to Skate around the rink to this.
… Shooting at My Cottage:
… My Red (51st Birthday) Dress!

Past Loves: September, 2018

On the Cusp of Fall …
Walking to Work
Summer Light changing into Fall Light
Crawford Books
Travel Man: 48 Hours In …
Thrifting for Trip Clothes:

Past Loves: August 2018

Waking Up in Our Magic Cottage
Photo Shooting in Our Magic Cottage
Creating in Our Magic Cottage

Past Loves: July 2018

My Beloved Parents
Solomon’s Delicatessen
Purging + Packing Up
Alone Time in My Magic Cottage
The Only Way is Essex : Don’t Judge!

Past Loves: June, 2018

Lewis
Thank YOU Dear Visitors XXX:
Everything in Between

Past Loves: May, 2018

Life

Past Loves: April … RESURRECTION!

Thanks Lewis:
Upscale Thrift
Nicole Lelaeno:

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Past Loves: March, 2018

The Sacramento Public Library
Russ Solomon … Rest in Peace March 4, 2018
C.S. Lewis
This Mural in our Hometown of Sacramento by Maren Conrad:
Charlie Puth – How Long – Choreography by Jake Kodish & Delaney Glazer – #TMillyTV
My SO Kind Readers XXX:
ALWAYS A M A Z I N G G R A C E …
My SO Kind Neighbor for helping me remove that Branch from my Tree, Thank YOU Endlessly XXX
This:
99 Cents Store
From my Brilliant Artist Friend Jackie Williamson:
From my Brilliant Artist Friend KCLKW :
‘Lady Bird’ Sunday with my BFF:
Aussie Soap Offspring :
Staying ‘Home’ on Spring Break:

Past Loves: February, 2018

Waking u p Everyday
Endeavour Season V
Lady Bird
My Sacramento Adventures
Honoring My Magic Cottage
Ice Skating at the Winter Olympics
My Twitter Tribe
The Kids at Work
‘ Dance ‘ Choreo by Lia Kim
Fall 2018 Fashion Month …
Amazing California Winter Light:
Lent
The Catholic Store
My Own Personal Resurrection
‘ How Long’ Choreo by Kyle Hanagami
This by the British Brand Shrimps:
Best Lent Ever
Daily Om

Past Loves: January, 2018

Hope
Faith
California Winter Weather
My Magic Cottage
Catching up with iPhone Pics/Videos + DSLR Pics from the Trip
My Job
Letting G0
Darkroom Dot Com
Anticipation for Endeavour V on February 4!
Finally putting My Birthday Trip into Perspective + wanting to share
Getting back to Making Art + Visual Journaling + Reading Books + Writing Letters

Past Loves: December, 2017

My upcoming Birthday Trip to London, Oxford, Edinburgh, Dublin
Turning 50!
New Opportunities
My B-Day Pressie from Sis Cuz Steph + Journal from Sis Cuz Joyce + Ruth
Finding My Angel Wings in Shoreditch on my Birthday + a Stranger shouting out to me whilst having my pic taken ‘Keep Looking 17! ‘
Parading in the Rain + Snow in London + Playing in the Snow in front of Tower of London
Revisiting Brick Lane
… My B-Day Treats: A Vintage 1940’s British Red Cross Wool Trench + A Wood Street Sign of Brick Lane E.1
Having my First Bone Chilling Spiritual Experience @ Westminster Abbey on my Birthday
Finding the Carnaby Street Christmas Lights on my Birthday Night in Minus 17 Degree Weather
Falling in Love with the English Countryside
Hugging an Ancient Stone in Avebury
The Whole of Lacock Village: The Birthplace of Photography!
Rabbies Tours
OXFORD, FULL STOP.
This Pic in front of an Endeavour Door
I Heart Oxford Tours: Hi Tom + Sharon!: … and Touring Oxford in the Rain + Cold + the Pubs = Priceless + Life Changing
Wadham College
Having a Full English in The Hall @ Wadham
Wadham College Chapel: Second Bone Chilling Spiritual Experience of My Trip + Randomly Singing ‘Amazing Grace’
My Wadham College Scarf
Riding the British Rails from Oxford to Edinburgh
Edinburgh Christmas Market: One of the best meals of the Trip + walking around in the Cold + drinking Hot Chocolate + giving a sweet boy an Instax pic I took + finally, Mushy Peas
The Sunlight on The Scottish Border Tour
The whole of Melrose Abbey
My Scottish Tam
Christmas Pudding in Melrose, Scotland
Rosslyn Chapel: Third Bone Chilling Spiritual Experience of My Trip
My Vintage Scottish Checkered Cap
My Haggis Appetizer that was the Best Dinner of My Trip
Chat with Irish Cabbie on the way to Clontarf Castle
Random Cornish Pasty Stand in an Alley in Temple Bar
Birthday Greetings from Strangers!
Comments + Smiles for my Brick Lane E.1 sign from Strangers
The meal back Stateside on Aer Lingus, THE Best Airplane Meal, ever.
The sweet Baby Boy sitting next to me on the plane ride from Chicago to Sacto
A Student saying ‘ Hi Miss Genie ‘ my first day back: He knew me name!
Daddy loving his Harris Tweed Hat + Mom her Cross Necklace from Westminster
My B-Day Cards f/ Sis Cuz Cyndi + Shelby + Melissa
Finding Edinburgh Gin at my Local Shop
Planning my next trip to the UK