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Philosophy

Catch you later, California

For the next 24 hours or so, I'll be inching my way closer to Nice, France (via Chicago and Frankfurt). I can't wait to write (and share photos!) when I finally arrive--but keep an eye on my Twitter for updates from the road. Or airport....
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There’s no place like home

Leaving home is a bittersweet thing.  I love Northern California: boiling summers in Sacramento, playing the tourist in San Francisco, living down the street from the most famous start-up Internet companies in the world. Yet I'm looking forward to...
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Worrying is like a Ferris wheel: you go around without really getting anywhere

As my departure date inches closer (countdown: three days left in the States), I seem to be hearing the same question over and over again: Are you nervous? Well...no. I'm moving to a beautiful beach for six months. The sun will be shining and I...
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Oh, the places you’ll go!

I'm a little bit torn about traveling in Europe while I'm in Nice. On one hand, I want to completely immerse myself in the French Riviera and create a life there (read: I have to make limited funds stretch for six months). I want to spend my free...
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A lifelong love affair with France

Contrary to popular belief, I'm not French. Not a splash of that cheese-loving, surrender-monkey French blood in my body, yet I'm as Francophile as they come. In case you were wondering why this German-Italian-Irish-Polish melting pot shunned her...
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