It's been two years since I showed up at Penn Station with a giant suitcase, a dwindling bank account and plenty of big dreams for the big city. I got onto a bus, collected quarters from strangers to pay the fare and then realized I was on a downtown...
I recently finished reading The Confidence Code, a book that's billed as "the science and art of self-assurance--what women should know." Authors Katty Kay and Claire Shipman focus on the differences between men and women in confidence levels...
One of my oldest friends sent me a postcard the other day. I've sent her postcards from around the world, but this was the first time I'd ever received something in return: she cheekily wrote to save it, because it was the first and likely the last...
When I was in Turkey, I overheard an American girl complaining (rather loudly and rather annoyingly) about how Turkish people were littering. "How can people do this in their own country? It's disgusting! We would never do this back in America." I...
As Father's Day passed this weekend--amidst the influx of father-daughter photos and bold exclamations of having "the best dad in the world" on Facebook and Instagram--I couldn't help but reflect on just how lucky I am.
My first memory of...