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April 2013

Postcard from Southeast Asia

I can't believe it's already been a year since I visited Southeast Asia. I spent a glorious three months reading on beaches, eating from makeshift motorcycle food carts, riding motorbikes around Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. I was nervous...
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The best advice my mom has given me

One of my friends recently remarked that she doesn't think she's ever seen my mom not smiling or laughing: how awesome is that? In that moment, I became so much more OK with "becoming my mother." Here's my mom's life in a nutshell: she grew up...
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Postcard from a local weekend in Boston

I first fell in love with Boston when the autumn was a million shades of red and gold: my obsession with the Northeastern city deepened in the deep, clear blue of late winter-bordering-on-spring.   When I visited Boston in October, it...
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If I don’t belong here, then where?

I was scrolling through Facebook photos the other day when I noticed one of me in Southeast Asia--on a beach, overlooking a rice paddy, something suitably exotic--and noticed that a friend of mine commented: "You don't belong in...
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How to save money while living in NYC

One of the most common questions I receive is how I've afforded to travel so much. I'm not a trust-fund kid or a full-time travel blogger; I'm currently working full-time in New York City. I've traveled because I work, I save, I live frugally and I...
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