The Blog Bus 2020 

BB Renovations 2019

Why Do We Have A School Bus?

Hello! Welcome to The Blog Bus!
We're a couple of millennials that decided to start their own food/drink blog business –   Good Bites & Glass Pints

We also want to travel, get out of debt, & create a new life for ourselves.

Both of us are artists, Chris is a designer/illustrator & Ally is a food/drink photographer. We've worked together for 6 straight years, in 3 different restaurants no less. Ally is a front of house queen (hosting, bartending, serving...just about any job interacting with guests) & Chris can do just about every job there is in a restaurant (line cook, prep guy, pizza guy, server, bartender, etc.). Needless to say, we know the ins & outs of the hospitality & foodservice world. With our insider knowledge & our starving artist lifestyle, we can REALLY tell you where to get the best food & drinks, without emptying out your entire wallet. Coupled with our love of storytelling, knowing the real value of a restaurant/brewery, & our skills artistically? We can really transport you there and make your mouth water.
And so @goodbitesandglasspints was born!

Next, we really wanted to travel and seek out really awesome restaurants & just do our blog by Summer 2019...But how?

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Transportation is key.

.....and if we were always going out to eat, we should really try to save $$ on hotels/motels.. so we thought, why don’t we have a bed inside of our vehicle?

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So we began looking at RVs, VW Buses, Hightop Conversion Vans, Painter Vans, etc. What we found was that either, they were nice but too expensive, in our price range but needed a lot of work (...so more), some didn't have enough headroom (Chris is Tall), not enough windows (Ally is a bit claustrophobic), or it wasn't all that safe on the road, etc etc... we also thought about making this more LONG term, something we can keep using after the trip.

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We didn't think we'd be able to find the right fit for us... then we heard about Skoolies.

We weighed the pros & cons of converting a school bus & before we knew it, we were out shopping for a school bus!!
We knew converting a school bus was going to be difficult, but with our drive & a desire to change our lives for the better? It was actually a pretty easy decision!

Converting it was another story...

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We worked tirelessly for 6 months while still working our full-time jobs, trying to get this bus converted into a home by Summer 2019..... and SOMEHOW, we pulled it off!

And so here are our stories, time-lapse videos, & photos of what the bus WAS & what WILL be of our blog bus. We are so excited & we are ready to take off on our journey we've been working so hard towards.

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Everyone’s support during this process has been overwhelmingly amazing. Really, from the bottom of our hearts, we will never forget the people that have helped & encouraged us on our journey. If anyone has any questions on how we did this on such a tight budget, PLEASE MESSAGE US! We want to help ANYONE that is interested in this lifestyle change & to give back to the people that helped us.
If we can do this.. so can you!
Not to sound too corny or anything.