I Hope to Never Lose My Excitement
The older you get, the more you know. The more you know, the smarter you are about the world and your place in it. It’s easy to become dissuaded about […]
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Summerlands Festival 2015
Only in its second year as the Summerlands Festival, students and local Orange County residents were treated to a slate of live performances from various up-and-coming artists, right in the […]
Fireside with Jess Bowen and Meg Frampton in “Speak Up Tour”
“I’ve never felt more lonely than when I moved to LA,” Jess Bowen confessed. Around the dim campfire pit in the middle of a Silver Lake home (dubbed the “Casa de […]
My Afternoon with “Belle” (Jack Johnson Cover)
Well into the middle of my last quarter of college–ever–I had the incessant need to record a new video cover; one, because I had the time, and two, because I’ve […]
One Girl, Four Years of PACN
The first day I walked up to the Kababayan booth at the Anteater Involvement Fair my freshman year of college, the first thing I asked was, “How can I be a part […]
15 Day Video Challenge: Day 1
Three years ago during my freshman year, I did a 15 Day Video Challenge (watch here). I thought it would be interesting to revisit this experience to see how much […]
Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee Will Charm Your Heart
What do you get when you pair a coffee-obsessed artist and clothing designer, photographer, and humane soul-loving chef? You get the World’s Freshest Doughnut. Every single time. Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee has transformed the […]
Why I decided to leave my small town
“You were always the best,” my teacher laughed to another. “I never had to worry about you.” She then mentioned how API (Asian-Pacific Islander Club) has never been the same since […]
Rachel Plays “The Old Guitar” in the Summer of 2013
Sometime back in the summer of 2013, I returned home to meet up with a local East Coast artist named Corey Paneheart, who has a lovely video series called The […]
Twentytwo
“There is nothing to look forward to at twenty-two,” people said. I’ve never been someone who thought much of birthdays (at least, of those for myself). All I could ever ask […]
Spout Art Interview: Rachel Ann Cauilan
Spout Art has a beautiful project going on for inspiring artists. I randomly received an e-mail one day about being featured in this project, so it is very cool to be a part of this. […]
The Beast of Burden: The Story Behind Meg & Dia Frampton
Last fall quarter, I took my first Literary Journalism workshop here at UC Irvine. It was required of us to seek out a long-form narrative story (in just ten weeks) and, […]
Now here we go again, with Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” (Cover by Rachel & Giann)
Now here we go again, talking dreams while time is making us bolder and children are getting older… It’s been a long time coming for the both of us–her staying […]
My Take on Milo Greene’s “1957” (Acoustic Instrumental Cover)
It’s “1957.” With love, Rachel
Me Grooving to “Sara Smile” (Hall & Oates Cover)
A couple of months ago, I was able to see this song performed live by the two greats themselves–Daryl Hall and John Oates! Tonight, I plugged my acoustic into my […]
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