It has been a rad experience these last few days at VidCon! It started out on Thursday morning, meeting up with Mark from Mahalo to film a series of videos on flirting tips for their Mahalo Network. Then hung out with Jacie (my roomie) and friends (Sam Proof, Kicesie, Steve Nguyen, and more), and met great YouTubers. Last night, we were at Freddie Wong’s place, playing ping pong and meeting very interesting folks in the video content and video game space.
So below is the first part of my interviewing series at VidCon. Here is KevJumba:
CONTEST UPDATE: The contest has ended and I received over 300 submissions. So the answer to the contest is Cabos San Lucas, Mexico! I will be emailing the 5 winners and thanks to everyone who participated (yes, even the person who guessed New York!).
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I’m vacationing with lovely friends to celebrate our friend, LB’s birthdae. I’m doing a lil contest to let you guess which city I’m vacationing in. I’ll pick a few v’stars with the right answer and they’ll win a prize!
Let the guessing begin!
I hope you’re loving and living life up!
Vanae
During a conversation with Skip, he said “Couchsurfing is self-selective. The people you meet who couchsurf will be much more interesting than your average person.” and I completely agree.
Some people may be hesitant at the idea of staying at a strangers place or joining on a spontaneous travel adventure with someone you barely know…
But that nervousness or distance we put between people, in our minds, is the exact thing that couchsurfing, this generation, is breaking down. CS brings people together for the love of travel, culture and life. Ultimately, connecting people with simple thread of openness and living life. It’s like going back to the essence of being- having trust and living in the present.
I’ve met nothing but amazing folks from couchsurfing- those with open minds and open hearts. So here is the sweetheart, I was staying with in Austin. Her name is Dee and she’s a ray of sunshine and depth.
and here Skip-a-Roo, our fellow CSer. Fantastically funny, insightful and when he chuckles with his deep heart laugh, he spreads bubbles of happiness around.
Sure, Dee took us to great eats and we laughed at words, but what I really appreciated was the heart connection- in which we had conversations about love, relationship dynamics, health and how it affects young people and where we are in life- what we’re ready for- our personal evolution.
Spectacular. Spectacular.
I’mma miss these folks but I know we’ll cross paths soon. Perhaps we’ll come together on my next adventure -travel the world with hugs.
Vanae
To read more of my adventures from my hugging roadtrip, visit Hug America
It’s been 5 days into the ‘Troy & Vanae Hug America‘ roadtrip and I’ve been asking my hugees ‘What is your best dating tip?’ Below is their answers. So for this week’s game, I want you to share what your best dating tip is, considering what you’ve learned!
Jeff- “Just talk about the moment.”
Tyler-“Don’t do it. Keep it simple.”
Patty- “Take it slow. Don’t rush. People will come in and out of your life. The only person left is you, so you gotta take care of yourself.”
Hello my lovelies!
We just landed in New Orleans a couple of hours ago and boy, it’s been a long drive from Nashville, TN. Honestly, I’ve never seen so many ‘Waffle House’ and ‘Cracker Barrel’ restaurants in my life!
It’s been such a fun trip so far! Last night, my friend Tyler took us bar-hopping around Nashville and heard some good country bands. Even ended up singing karaoke. Don’t ask me what song I sang. ahhh.
Before that, Troy and I have been meeting so many interesting folks and giving out our hugs. Video to come soon! Be sure to check out the link below to see all the photos!
Bonjour V’stars,
As mentioned, starting this Sundae, I’ll be starting the TROY & VANAE HUG America roadtrip with Chicago. So I’ll be posting photos and videos of the people we hug and documenting our trip!
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to get updates on V’star meetups locations & roadtrip updates!
Much requested topic, I just finished the Vanae.com show episode on ‘dating more than one person’.
I think there’s nothing wrong with dating multiple people as long you are not exclusive and very honest with the people involved. If you want to be exclusive, then bring it up and have a conversation about it with your partner.
I’m going into the second week in Costa Rica and it’s been lovely. Great weather! Food! Good people! and dancing!
