Bruges on a Budget

Delicate chocolates and lacy Florentines, rows of gingerbread-esque houses, swans silently gliding in canals, and chunky cobblestones as far as the eye can see. If you want your European trip…

So Sweetzerland

I consider Switzerland my second home. I lived in the francophone Geneva for two years and loved every minute of it. Geneva is such an international city, home to the…

Chocolate Cusco

After a confusing early morning flight from Arequipa (confusing because the plane skipped a scheduled stop of the flight and landed an hour early in our final destination of Cusco),…

Barcelona: The City of Yiddish Proverbs

My grandmother, replete with Yiddish proverbs, had left a message on my phone. The content, “Man plans, and God laughs.” As a woman of a few words, she keeps her…

Seattle

Seattle was quickly becoming a weekend escape from my life in Chicago, and I was looking forward to my visit with Alejandro.  It was almost one year since I visited…

Girls’ Date Out: Philadelphia

Fellow Go Girl Erica and I made it through Valentines Day 2010 with not a boyfriend in sight. With hers in Germany and mine in Afghanistan, we were about to…