Take that outfit to a festival! Image courtesy of lostin1950.blogspot.com. Summer is prime time for festivals. Thanks to warmer weather, you’re likely to encounter at least one anywhere you are…
5 Tips to Plunge into Festival Season
Are you ready for this festival season? Here are some tips to help you fully prepare! Festival season is ripe and in full swing. You’ve got your tickets purchased. You’ve…
Nature v. Nurture: On Noise and Dancing
After a year and a half of Peace Corps service in Barranquilla, Colombia, I think I’m closing in on about as “integrated” as I will be. Two things I still…
Barranquilla Carnaval, 2nd Time Around
It’s not everywhere in the world where months of raucous, citywide, business-paralyzing parties are not only permitted, but heavily encouraged. As the home of the second biggest Carnaval in the…
Barranquilla’s Carnaval: To live it is to enjoy it!
From the moment I arrived in Barranquilla, Colombia this past October, up until Ash Wednesday, Carnaval was the word on every person’s lips. As a new member of the United…
California Girl
I spent my Fourth of July weekend in California, my dream state. I am an ex-New Yorker, with a Latina bent, making me the perfect California dreamer. I live in…
Madrid
It was 2004 when I first visited Madrid. I was on a high school trip with the French/Spanish club and our adventure happened to land just weeks after the train…
Ahead of Myself
Some weeks just get ahead of me, and this was one of them. There are just too many wonderful adventures to be had in Chicago, and I am enjoying filling…
Clubbing with Mom
A very common Friday night in Barcelona might look a little something like this: Friends together eating dinner and drinking a little sangria (or whatever tasty beverage can be thrown…