I like think of myself as an indoorsy outdoorsy person. I love to get outside — hiking, skiing, running, feeling an ocean breeze brush my face or cold ice crystals on my tongue during a snowstorm. But I also hate going outside, as in leaving my home when I could be settled in under a blanket …
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Go pick up a baguette, Madame Sadi tells me in rapid-fire French, and she presses a Euro coin into my hand. This has become our routine. I come home from school, having ridden the metro 40 minutes from the 6th arrondissement, transferring to Line 4 at Réaumur–Sébastopol and hopping off at our stop in the …
Welcome to the end of the year. Time to reflect on the last 12 months and panic-set some unachievable goals for the next 12, am I right? Since a new decade only comes around every ten years, I wanted to use the end of 2019 to write a reflection on the entirety of the 2010’s. …
Northern Italy is home to countless wonders of the world, from the peaks of the Dolomites to delicious pasta and gelato. A month ago, I was able to see this splendor on my first-ever trip to Italy, and I was excited to experience all of it.
Every month this year, I’m trying something new and documenting what happens. Check out what I’ve done in past months here. In October, I made a deliberate effort to meditate every morning for 7 consecutive days. Here’s how that went. I have had good Octobers. Last October, I spent most of my weekends in New Hampshire …
Every month this year, I’m trying something new and documenting how it went. Check out what I’ve done in past months here. I spent most of June, July, and August out west, which meant lots of new things – a new job, new activities, a new state, new food habits. How do you encapsulate a summer …
Hello, internet friends! Taking a moment here to thank you for reading my blog (even if you just stumbled upon it today.) I also wanted to give you the heads up that starting this week, I will be pretty much out of commission when it comes to communicating with the outside world, as I will …
A few weeks ago, two friends of mine and I set out for California to begin an epic road trip down the west coast. After several days gallivanting around San Francisco, we picked up the rental car and realized: we have to drive this. Down the coast. For 900+ miles. Thankfully, we were (mostly) prepared. …
When you picture a solo trip, you might see imagery of trains traveling through the European countryside or backpacking in East Asia. This kind of travel isn’t always attainable, as much as you might want to join the ranks of adventurers who have changed their lives through soul-searching trips alone to faraway countries. Maybe your budget …
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