M ark Twain notoriously stated: “Find a task you delight in doing, and you will never ever need to work a day in your life.”
That’s basically summarize Jane Ko’s life for the previous ten years.
The Port Lavaca native is the one-woman eager beaver behind A Taste of Koko on Instagram where she gets to do something many people can just imagine: Eat, beverage and travel, and after that drink and eat and take a trip some more, for a living.
Her days are long, and Koko’s constantly on the go. She has limitless energy and does whatever with a sense of fantastic design, and she has great deals of enjoyable.
Along the method, Koko has actually turned herself into among South-Central Texas’ most respected social networks influencers.
Her more than 146,000 Instagram fans (and growing each week) get to find brand-new locations to consume, the coolest areas to hang out and insights on where to remain and what to see around South-Central Texas in addition to Los Angeles, Chicago, Colorado and New Mexico.
A Taste of Koko has actually been a labor of love.
Popular social networks influencer Jane Ko has actually simply launched A Guide to Fredericksburg, a pocket-size book detailing where to drink and eat, and what carry out in Fredericksburg.
KokoBack in 2010, Ko was studying to be a dietitian at the University of Texas when she recognized a 9-5 task wasn’t up her street. So, she dropped the books and began blogging and composing dining establishment evaluations.
” I matured in a town in South Texas and wasn’t raised on consuming at great dining establishments or with a strong neighborhood. When I initially began blogging, I didn’t understand anything about photography, composing, social networks, or running a site however chose things up along the method,” she states.
Fast forward to 2023, and Koko counts countless companies, dining establishments and bars in Austin and Hill Country that she’s had the ability to show her fans. She confesses “working 70-80 hours a week the previous years hasn’t been simple” however she would not have it any other method.
A Taste of Koko has actually been voted finest regional Austin blog writer two times and she’s been included in various publications such as O and InStyle publications and The New York Times.
While her journeys have actually taken her all over the U.S., Ko has an unique fondness for Texas Hill Country.
” I initially checked out Fredericksburg in 2015 and fell for the little German town.”
The location is so unique, Ko chose to launch a pocket-size guide to Fredericksburg previously this month. She likewise has actually ended up being a partner in an Airbnb near Main Street.
Social media influencer Jane Ko very first gone to Fredericksburg in 2015 and fell for the “little German town.”
Jane KoKoko’s “Guide to Fredericksburg” is her 2nd book, the very first, “Koko’s Guide to Austin,” reachedNo 1 bestseller in Texas books onAmazon She calls the brand-new book “the supreme guide to regional dining establishments, stores and wineries in Fredericksburg.”
Her participation in Sunday Haus Estate, her Airbnb, happened because for many years she had actually shared many glamping experiences around Hill Country and individuals were inquiring about more weekend trips and fast journeys.
“We took it over in January and did a total remodelling and simply resumed in November.”
Another one Koko’s preferred Hill Country areas is the Gruene River Inn inNew Braunfels The 14-room hotel rests on a cliff and has stunning view of Hill Country, she stated.
With Hill Country’s development, lots of wineries are arranged to open in the next year, it will not be unexpected to see Koko checking out the location.
And if you see her, do not be shy about taking a selfie with her due to the fact that if her mommy is with her, she’ll be taking photos of you taking images with Koko.
