We are so excited to announce the creation of our 20th global chapter, Wanderful Miami! About Wanderful Miami Located in sunny Florida, Wanderful Miami is a group of globally minded, driven women bit…
Florida to Massachusetts, Take Two: What Was I Thinking?
Samantha muses on road trip deja vu. Image from Wikimedia Commons. I don’t know why I thought that driving twice from Florida to Massachusetts would be easy, fun, or comfortable….
Florida to Massachusetts, Take One
Samantha’s road trip brought her up the East Coast to her new home of Massachusetts. Image from panoramio.com. Thirty hours on the road and 16 states later, I have hauled…
Body for Rent: Coming to Rest In My Own Form
Do you have an accurate image of your body? Sometimes it’s hard to love if you don’t know what it really looks like. Image from Healthy Is the New Skinny…
Investigating the Personal Hierarchy of Adventure
To stay or to go? Image from flickr.com. There comes a point when finding a “real” job is no longer the safe thing, but the scary thing. And for me,…
Ghosts of Birthdays Past
Celebrating birthdays in a new place can lead to a host of emotions—enthusiasm, joy, freedom, anxiety, or even nostalgia. This year, it was yet another reminder of how much can…
Tropical “To Do” List
I may have come to terms with my temporary pause in plans to move, relocate, or travel long-term, but I still feel the need to justify the change of heart….
Can Wanderlust be Stationary?
Merriam Webster defines wanderlust as “strong longing for or impulse toward wandering.” I had long assumed that wanderlust naturally implied travel to far distances, but does it necessitate a physical…
Need a boost? Try some sunshine.
If you know my story than you know I have battled depression for the last eight years or so. My triggers come in all forms: being too stressed, recalling on…
Homecoming and Humble Pie
When I started this journey across the country, I had grand plans to “rush slowly,” controlling the impulse to push the speed limit and trying to appreciate even the boring…
Sunshine for Your Soul
The ocean heals, we say. I have had quite a collection of friends come visit me in South Florida either with the conscious intention of healing by the sun and…
Going North to Get South…Then Walking Away
Given Florida’s lengthy north-to-south stretch, the changing latitudes also mark changing climates, cultures and accents. Funnily enough, one has to go north for at least 7 hours from West Palm…
Finding a Community Through Theater
We are scattered against the walls of the simple hardwood room, throwing out our lines quickly, and watching one of our fellow actors move enthusiastically across the floor. Passersby peek…
Marathon Tourism
Since 2006, “running a marathon” has also come to mean “travel excuse.” In fact, I cannot imagine myself running a marathon (whether half or full) in a town I’ve been…
Boxes, Baggage, and New Beginnings
Life comes full circle after your heart breaks. In May, I proudly packed up all my remaining belongings at my parents’ house and shipped them to the east coast, only…