I’m turning 32 today while in New Orleans, indulging to my heart’s content in beignets and Southern food. But as I celebrate another birthday today, I can’t help but think about all that this past year (and all the years before) has taught me, all the life lessons and all… Read more
I’m back from a couple week blogging break as we’ve moved into our little 1925 Dutch Colonial house in SE Portland and as I reflect on the past month and the past year in general, I realize just how much has changed. This year brought about a lot of different… Read more
While scrolling Pinterest a couple weeks ago, an image popped up that said “I love those days when my only decision is: window or aisle?” And in that moment, I found myself nodding – don’t we all crave those days? When big decisions don’t exist? When we’re headed somewhere new,… Read more
Happy 4th of July to all the Americans out there today! I won’t lie, I’ve been pretty low on inspiration this year so far. And between work (which has been crazy) and life (which has been crazy) and responsibilities (that never seem to end), sometimes it’s difficult to actually take… Read more
Today Nick turns 32 and I happen to love birthdays. I love celebrating and using birthdays as milestones throughout the years. I’ve been lucky enough to celebrate many many birthdays alongside Nick and in all of our years together, I love using birthdays to stop and reflect on the amazing… Read more
At the beginning of 2018, I started the year in a low place. In reality, I had been feeling pretty down throughout all of 2017 for a number of reasons and realized that to start the year off on a better footing I had to make some changes. While they… Read more
I’ve talked before here on LOM about my decision to not have kids of my own and knowing at a very early age that that traditional path just wasn’t for me. I’ve heard all the comments from people imaginable: “you’ll change your mind,” “you’ll miss out on so much,” “but… Read more
I’ve always whole-heartedly believed that travel shouldn’t be an escape from reality, that we shouldn’t want to escape from our normal lives because if we do, that means we haven’t built an everyday life we love. And for a long time, I really did love my life in Portland just… Read more
About a month ago, I sat down one evening and wrote something for this post today. I wrote how this year brought emotional challenges for me, about how relationships really changed in my life this year and how half way through the year, I found myself a little lost. And… Read more
This past weekend I turned 31 in my favorite place in the world, spending the last few days wandering the streets of Paris under the changing Autumn leaves and it was divine. Though as this birthday came and went, I got to thinking about how much we change as we… Read more
If there is one thing that comes up more often than anything else in my life, it’s the subject of having kids. I can’t tell you how many times I hear “you guys will want to be having kids soon right?” or “you better travel all you can now before… Read more
In this world of constant chaos and heartbreak, of emotional roller coasters and humanity at it’s breaking point each and every day, I constantly find myself wondering if all the generations before us have felt this way too. If people back in Ancient Greece found themselves feeling the same emotions… Read more
In a world where terror attacks are becoming all too regular, where a tiny percentage of humans on this planet want nothing more than to hurt others, when cities are terrorized all over the world by the cowardliness of a few, many often wonder, is it to safe to travel?… Read more
I originally had another post scheduled for today, pre-scheduled knowing that I’d be busy coming home from our trip to Yellowstone. But then, in the middle of our trip, my city became national news. And if you haven’t heard, a week or so ago a white supremacist man was on… Read more
As a travel blogger, it feels like everywhere I look people are quitting their jobs to travel the world, leaving behind their homes, their material stuff and selling everything for a grand adventure to travel and see the world. And if you want to do that, that’s totally fine. The… Read more