Life

Notes from the universe: what’s next

Tweet Note: I wrote this in early February, but haven’t had the guts to post it until now.  I suppose it started years ago. In the wee hours of the morning on my first day of my senior year of university—my first last day, as I cheekily updated my Facebook status—I went to a sunrise [...]

July 11, 2012 Continue reading…

The best of all possible places: where you are right now

Tweet “This is the best place I’ve ever been!” I exclaimed as I floated blissfully in the Adriatic.  “Really?” My friend had a questioning look on her face. “You’ve been to how many countries in the past few years, and Croatia is your favorite?”  “Well, I do really love it…but I suppose that wherever I [...]

July 2, 2012 Continue reading…

Packing for a stylish summer in Europe

Tweet Even though I travel with a backpack, I hate looking like a backpacker—and nowhere more so than Europe, particularly among the effortlessly chic women in France. When I’m in a cosmopolitan city or a ritzy beach destination, I strive to not even look like a traveler: I want to blend in as a local [...]

June 29, 2012 Continue reading…

Trying too hard to achieve effortless chic: personal style in Paris

Tweet Darn it, I muttered to myself as I straightened my hair in the tiny Parisian apartment. I forgot my smoothing cream. I had gone straightener-less for three months in Southeast Asia, embracing the laid-back backpacker culture and relative anonymity. However, I slipped right back into my Western habits, expectations, standards as I tried to [...]

June 25, 2012 Continue reading…

The seeing comes before the writing

Tweet I always seem to be going on “my last big trip.” Nice was supposed to be six months of French and fun. Australia was a chance for international work experience. And then, well, Southeast Asia was so close and cheap that I couldn’t pass it up. My parents have deemed this my “gap summer,’ [...]

June 15, 2012 Continue reading…

24 things making me happy

Tweet My 23rd year didn’t get off to the best start. I had planned big things: a long weekend in Cairns would kick off with a skydiving over the Great Barrier Reef on my birthday. Then my flight was canceled and unable to be rescheduled, leaving me with the very boring birthday plan of working, [...]

June 8, 2012 Continue reading…

Because it’s commencement speech season

Tweet I don’t remember a word of what was said at my college graduation. I had been at the bar drinking Bloody Mary’s since 6 a.m., was force-feeding water to my friend passed out on my shoulder, the sun was blazing and I just wanted President Zingg to pronounce my name correctly as I walked [...]

May 18, 2012 Continue reading…
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