“Your husband, where is he?” asked the petite woman with jet black coiffed hair sitting quietly behind me, four hours into our eight hour journey from Phomn Penh to Ho…
New Year’s resolutions, Yoga and tropical fruit in Costa Rica
I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions, but I decided it was time to give it a try. I got a head start in October when I chose to…
A 20s Retrospective: Looking back on a decade
There’s a certain social stigma about turning 30. Not that I’m 30 yet, but I’ve been anticipating it for a few years. I think of the classic When Harry met…
Road tripping part deux
(Continued from Road Tripping, Part 1) This is the time when I realize that I’ve talked a big game about how I much enjoy traveling solo and then I’m stuck…
Road Tripping Part 1
There is something distinctly American about road trips: The highways and interstates, wide open roads, cheap gas, symbolic rest stops, music and drive-through fast food. I’ve driven across country to…
Becoming a Burner
There is nothing average about Burning Man: everything about it is extreme. It’s a festival held in the middle of the Nevada desert for eight days in the scorching summer…