My fashion sensibility as a child could be summed up in two words: MATCH EVERYTHING. While I suffered through some terrible fashion choices as a teen, my real sartorial awakening…
Try Not to Drool: Breakfast Around the World in 18 Plates
If you are staring at an empty fridge, barely making it through a green-tea cleanse, or just a perpetually hungry person, be warned: This post will make you very, very…
We Have Sex Ed — But What About Cultural Education?
[mks_pullquote align=”right” width=”300″ size=”24″ bg_color=”#33cfbe” txt_color=”#ffffff”]”Every man I meet is in some way my superior; and in that I can learn of him.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson. [/mks_pullquote] Image by…
A Eulogy for Palmyra
Palmyra. Image by Flickr user reibai. “You can wipe out an entire generation, you can burn their homes to the ground and somehow they’ll still find their way back. But…
What Cuban Women Taught Me About Body Acceptance
The confidence to be who you are. Image by Tibor Végh via Wikimedia Commons. The Modesty of Catholic School I went to an all-girls Catholic school. My uniform was a…
A Non-Fashionista’s Guide to Japanese Fashion
Legs are a go. Image by Flickr user Helga Weber. If you are looking for a nuanced, sartorial guide to Japanese fashion, this is the wrong place. I’m writing this…
One Day in Havana, Cuba: What to See, What to Eat, What to Do
Sunset at Malecon. Image by Sruthi Vijayan. Havana, Cuba is a magical place. It’s not pull-a-hare-out-of-a-hat magic. It’s the make-an-elephant-disappear-into-thin-air magic.You’ll constantly face the ache of not being quadruple-eyed. You’ll be…
Anti-Travel: Why We Sometimes Feel Lazy, Exhausted, and Disinterested
Sometimes you just want to unpack and stay home. Image by Flickr user Wilerson S. Andrade. Travel wisdom is much like a selfie stick – it’s omnipresent and occasionally unnerving. It…
The Ignorant Traveler: How to Deal with Racism on the Road
Image by Flickr user Amy Clarke. I’m Indian. The color of my skin, the anatomy of my face, the raven hair – they are all dead giveaways. I embrace these…
The 3 Ways Social Media Could Be Ruining Your Travel Experience
Image by Flickr user Denis Dervisevic. I do not suffer from social media phobia. I think there are great things that can happen as a result of immediate and unlimited connectivity….
Spanish Bullfighting: A Photo Essay from Entrance to (Bloody) Ending
At the edge of his seat. Image courtesy of Sruthi Vijayan. At first glance, the buzz outside Las Ventas seems typical of a large sporting event: the spattering of law…
From Space Exploration to Space Tourism: Will You Be On Board?
Are you a space tourist? Image courtesy of Flickr user Tom B. What is your single most memorable travel experience? Not just a good one, but one that has become…