“What would Ron Swanson do?” I asked myself, as I stared at the amber bottle of Lagavulin 16-year-old single malt Scotch Whisky sitting on the table before me. I had taken the bottle directly from […]
Redesigning Woman
I derive a Marie Kondo-esque joy from January. It’s like a clean slate. The year is wide open with possibility. And the days are once again getting longer. Yet the start of 2020 came with […]
Art Baltimore
Unless you’re talking about the Ravens, Baltimore always seems to be in the news for the wrong reasons. The city certainly has its challenges, but as someone who came to Washington for college and gradually […]
Accidental Tourist
I started traveling solo because I craved the freedom to do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, no compromise necessary. What I didn’t expect from this selfish indulgence was how much I would come to […]
In Search Of Cash
The tour bus was departing in five minutes, and yet I was walking further and further away from it. If it left without me, I would be stranded in this small Scottish town. It was […]
Everyone Is Famous
I stared into the camera, hoping that the lighting choice I had selected would be the most flattering one. The instructions said to sit for three minutes while my movie was filmed. I knew how […]
That Time I Went To Scotland To Learn About Outlander And Ended Up Learning About Scotland
I’ll be honest. I booked my first trip to Scotland because I wanted to go on an Outlander tour. I wanted to see where they filmed the show. More specifically, I wanted to see where […]
The One Where I Ran Into A Santa Claus Convention
How quickly I lost my man at an international Santa Claus convention. One moment, we were strolling along the Copenhagen waterfront on a quiet Monday in July, making our way to the Little Mermaid statue. The next, […]
They say travel teaches us that people are the same wherever you go. But I love learning how we're all different. How cultures and customs evolved, how environment shapes a society, how a few hours on a plane can take you to a place so unfamiliar that you can't help but wonder why it is so.
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