Philosophy

Why I’m not going to TBEX

Tweet When I was traveling through Jordan, staying in five-star hotels and being shuttled around in a comfortable bus with Wifi and a row all to myself and watching the sunset over the Dead Sea from my balcony, I realized that seeing the best a country has to offer isn’t necessarily the best fit for [...]

May 10, 2013 Continue reading…

Unassisted headstand: accomplished!

Tweet I first started doing yoga in high school: my mom thought it would be good therapy after my first knee surgery. I thought it was boring, preferring to spend my time on “real” work-outs that involved a lot of high-energy cardio and weights sessions that left me dripping with sweat. However, I threw a [...]

May 7, 2013 Continue reading…

A note on souvenirs, and a NOVICA giveaway

Tweet   I’ve always been a bit mixed on the idea of souvenirs. As much as I love having a memento to remember my travels by, I usually prefer to spend my money on incredible experiences–and the memories and photos that result are souvenir enough. However, I’ve picked up beautiful jewelry all across the world [...]

May 3, 2013 Continue reading…

Guest Post: Why being an au pair rocked

Tweet When I was 18, I flew to Paris with the intention of spending my summer as an au pair for a family in a village in northeastern France. I was miserable: the village didn’t even have a bakery (in France!) and I was spending my days with an one-year-old and an infant. Not the [...]

April 30, 2013 Continue reading…

The best advice my mom has given me

Tweet 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 in small town in Pennsylvania. She applied for [...]

April 23, 2013 Continue reading…

If I don’t belong here, then where?

Tweet 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 Sacramento.” Reading it now, it strikes me in a strange way: if I don’t belong in [...]

April 16, 2013 Continue reading…

How to save money while living in NYC

Tweet 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 make travel a priority–no matter where I am [...]

April 12, 2013 Continue reading…
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