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The Love Life of a Nomad
As I sit here on the eve of Valentine’s Day, another Valentine’s Day spent alone, save for some Prosecco and a Martin marathon, I figure it was as good a time as any to write this post. A few weeks…
Tags: living abroad, Musings, Travel
February 13, 2014
Another Giveaway, Another Winner?
Last week I announced a new giveaway. In order to win you had to guess where I was going on my next adventure. After complaints that the world is too big for people to guess, I added three clues. I…
Tags: Contest
February 2, 2014
A Saturday in Rome
Since this was the second weekend that I was back in Rome and I spent the entire first weekend sleeping in an attempt to overcome jetlag, I promised myself that I would maximize my time outdoors. Since a few friends…
Tags: Biking, Europe, Italy, Rome, Trastevere
February 1, 2014
Another Catch Me If You Can Giveaway
It is time for another contest. I recently purchased a flight for my next trip and the person who can guess where I am going will win a coffee table book of photography from one of my favorite photographers. Rules:…
Tags: Contest
January 26, 2014
TWB: Traveling While Black
DWB (Driving While Black) is a term that most [black] people living in America are familiar with. I have experienced DWB on a number of occasions, on one even being mistaken as a black man driving a Mercedes Benz truck…
Tags: Culture, Musings, travel tips, TWB
January 23, 2014
So you want to live abroad….
During my first 24 hours in Japan For those people in my life that I have known for years, I am the friend that lives abroad and is constantly traveling the world. In fact I often get emails asking me…
Tags: living abroad, travel tips
January 21, 2014
Winter in Puerto Vallarta
For this year’s holiday season, I left a fall-like Rome and headed to blistery cold Detroit to be with family. Having not spent a winter in Detroit in five years, I have quite the aversion to the cold temps so…
Tags: Air BNB, Beach, Mexico, Puerto Vallarta
January 20, 2014
Air France DTW – CDG, never again!
Yesterday, after a nineteen day hiatus, I returned to Rome following my holidays in Detroit and Mexico (post coming next). For the first time ever, I flew Air France for the first leg of my transatlantic flight. As previously mentioned,…
Tags: Air France, Flight, France, Planes
January 13, 2014
And the winner is…..
Thank you to the 15 people who joined in the first ever Catch Me If You Can blog contest. The basis of the contest, which launched in September, was to guess how many flights that I would take by the…
Tags: Contest
January 10, 2014
The Best 55 Moments of 2013
Why 55? Because I couldn’t delete anymore. 🙂 2013 was a transformative year for me. I learned a lot about myself and the world. I saw four different continents, eleven countries, fourteen states, countless airports, bus terminals and rental car…
Tags: 2013
January 2, 2014
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A Weekend in Uruguay
Back in 2013 I spent six weeks in South America, between Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Prior to planning my trip with my friend that I was staying with in Buenos Aires, I had never thought about visiting Uruguay. Since it
Save Money on Travel
Last week it was announced that the US Justice Department would be investigating several major airlines for possible collusion. In recent years, the number of available seats domestically has declined, prices on several routes have increased and those pesky airline
The Relaunch!
Happy Travel Tuesday! Today I am officially relaunching my website. I have been blogging since 2008 when I made my first move outside of the US to Japan. The blog has evolved over time and captures many of my adventures
Jet Black x Haiti
For the inaugural group trip for Jet Black, Haiti was a no-brainer. Not only is the country beautiful, but it has a very rich history. As the first black independent nation, they fought off the British, French and Spanish to
#BoycottDR
For the last few days the country and perhaps the world has been obsessed with the life and times of Rachel Dolezal. Specifically, black Twitter, which I love, spent the better part of the weekend dragging her across the internets
Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque
I recently returned from a trip to the United Arab Emirates. While in the country I visited Abu Dhabi and Dubai. I was partial to Abu Dhabi, the nation’s capital, and more importantly the amazing architectural feat that is the