Sorority life--for all its ups and downs--was born in Macon, Georgia. Wesleyan Female College was established in 1836, and was the first college in the world to grant degrees to women. In 1851, The Adelphean Society (which later became Alpha Delta...
So, we spent one night in Montgomery, Alabama. It's on the short list of places in the USA that we wouldn't go back to. The downtown was eerily empty, the outskirts were nothing to write home about. We stayed in a crappy suburban hotel, and the...
As temperatures cool and days lazily stretch into fall in the Northern Hemisphere, I can't help but feel a bit nostalgic for Australia. Springtime in Melbourne was my favorite part of the year: Spring Racing Carnival, afternoons at the Botanic...
Here's how I felt in New Orleans: hot, sweaty, full, hungover, repeat.
And then we arrived, and we ate. And drank. And I dragged Renee on an hour's walk in the sweltering humidity to look at cemeteries on the first day, and then to wander...
Texas was my first "new" state on this trip, and Austin was the city I was most excited to visit.
It didn't disappoint; in fact, it exceeded all of my expectations. If New York City doesn't work out, don't be too surprised if I decide to give...