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
One thing I hear a lot is that people want to travel and they want to chase dreams, but they don’t know where to start and how to get going. As a major dreamer myself, I know the feeling. A lot of the things in my life started out as… Read more
No matter what side of the political aisle you fall under these days or what age group you fit into, no matter woman, man, gay, straight, Christian, Muslim, Jew – no matter what you subscribe to or group you fit into, I think we can all agree that our world… Read more
I had a conversation with a good friend of mine the other day about 2016. In short terms, this year has been an enormous struggle. Between the presidential campaign and election in the US, Brexit, part of my neighborhood blowing up (my bagel shop literally got wiped off the face… Read more
Nick and I will have been married 6 years this weekend and while in some ways it seems like our wedding day was just yesterday, other times it feels like a lifetime ago! Over the past 6 years, we’ve traveled frequently, seen 6 continents together, visited and explored countless countries… Read more
I turn 30 tomorrow. And as with any big milestone, I’ve spent a lot of time in the preceding days to this birthday thinking about what turning 30 actually means to me. Some people hate getting older, some people dread milestone birthdays. For me, I’m actually really excited to be 30…. Read more
As I gear up to my 30th birthday this Saturday, I’ve spent a lot of time lately contemplating what turning 30 actually means to me. And part of that means thinking about everything I’ve learned, everything I’ve seen and everything I’ve done. A big part of my life is travel… Read more
In a quick break from Europe posts, today is a special day that I can’t let go by on the blog without acknowledging. Today is Nick’s 30th birthday and when I think about that milestone in his life, and in my own, I can’t help but be amazed that we’re… Read more