Sam’s beautiful room at HI Sacramento. Image by Sam Wu. It was a pretty common question I was posed when I told people about my trip: Why are you going…
Experiences Over Adventures: How to Be a Low-Key Traveler and Still Challenge Yourself
Don’t be ashamed of your travel style. Image from Pixabay. Confession: I like my ice cream plain, no mix-ins. Same with my frozen yogurt; give me the yogurt and some…
NYC to Charleston in Breakfasts
The beautiful courtyard of 82 Queen. All of the photo credits go to Will Xiong, unless stated otherwise. I had some of the best breakfasts on a road trip in…
A Day in the Life of Sam: NYC Buzz
Meet Sam, one of Go Girl’s Associate Editors! September 25, 2013 8:15 am – Alarm goes off. Snooze for 15 minutes. 8:30 am – Roll out of bed and prepare…
New Orleans, Sober
I know, I know. What kind of young woman am I to experience New Orleans entirely sober? Well, I’ll tell you. I am a woman who went to New Orleans…
Working on Wall Street
When I received a job offer from S&P Capital IQ, I was wary because of the anger most of the US holds for the financial bigwigs in New York City…
135 lbs
Hi. My name is Samantha Wu and I weigh 135 lbs. I’ve got tummy fat and the remnants of sprinter legs (for those who have little experience with track, that…
Roots of my Values
When I started school, I was enrolled in a private Catholic school despite being from a family with no religious tendencies at all. We moved when I was 7, before…
Going Back…Home?
A little over a month ago, my family sat on a plane for hours and landed bright and early in Taipei, Taiwan. The last time I had visited Taiwan…
Celebrating the Moon
Once upon a time the world was surrounded by ten suns. These ten suns burned brightly, so bright that the crops burned. Houyi, an expert archer, saw the suffering these…
NYC Lessons
It’s the last week of my internship which means it’s also my last week in NYC. Hopefully not forever, because even through the trials of getting to know the different…
5 Pieces of London in NYC
. . When I first went to London one of the first places I went to visit was Chinatown. I went for multiple reasons but one of the biggest ones…
Changing
A Go Girl wants to travel, is traveling, has traveled. A Go Girl wants to see different places, is and has. And a Go Girl wants to see change. I…
Between Worlds
For the longest time I could not decide what to write about this week. I’ve settled into life as an intern in New York City pretty well and I felt…
A NYC Summer
It’s been over a month now and I still have so much to see! But so far, I’ve explored Prospect Park, Central Park and Taste of Times Square. So far…