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Detroit Day 8: The Catch Up
Rise and Shine: 9:15am Today’s Forecast: Endless rain Today was reserved as a day of rest. After a pretty hectic two weeks back in the states, involving a funeral, a trip to Atlanta and Katie’s visit to Detroit, I was…
Tags: #30DaysinDetroit, America, Detroit, Fourteen East Cafe, Juicing, Michigan, Smoothies, United States
July 2, 2013
Detroit Day 7: Sunday Funday
Rise and Shine: 9:34am (it was very painful to wake up) Today’s Forecast: Summer perfection First Stop: Grand Trunk Pub One thing I absolutely love about America is BRUNCH!! Ok, what I really love is the idea of managing Saturday’s…
Tags: #30DaysinDetroit, Detroit, Fountain Bistro, Grand Trunk Pub, The Alley Deck, Windsor
July 1, 2013
Detroit Day 6: The Marathon
Rise and Shine: Today’s Forecast: Cloudy 🙁 First Stop: Eastern Market Since childhood, Saturday mornings in Detroit meant heading slightly east of downtown to Eastern Market which is the oldest permanent farmer’s market in America at 170 years old!I haven’t…
Tags: #30DaysinDetroit, Campus Martius, Coney Island, Detroit, Eastern Market, Restaurants, Seva
26 of 52: The Blue Mosque
Walking to the Blue Mosque, one of the great treasures of Istanbul. This picture was taken in December 2009.
June 30, 2013
Detroit Day 5: The Struggle 2.0
Rise and Shine: 10:34am Today’s forecast: A ridiculous amount of rain First stop: Cafe Sonshine Due to the unspeakable debauchery of Thursday night, we got a late start on Friday and as our stomachs were begging for a heavy meal…
Tags: #30DaysinDetroit, Cafe Sonshine, Centaur, Detroit, Hot Taco, Norah's Vintage Loft
Detroit Day 4: Welcome to Detroit
Rise and Shine: 7:35am Today’s Forecast: Still hot. Raining. Fitness: I’m sorry, what is this? I finally recovered from my sleep deprivation from Tuesday/Wednesday. Nine hours of sleep was all I needed to reset my batteries since I normally only…
Tags: #30DaysinDetroit, Anita's Kitchen, Avalon, Centaur, Detroit, The Oakland
June 29, 2013
Detroit Day 3: The Struggle
Rise and Shine: 9:53am (went to sleep around 7:15am) Today’s Forecast: 85 degrees Fitness: Unfortunately do my lack of sleep there was also a lack of energy so I did not fitness activities yesterday. My sleep deprivation also led to…
Tags: #30DaysinDetroit, Air BNB, Detroit, Michigan
June 27, 2013
Detroit Day 2: 24 hours of open eyes
Rise and Shine: 7:13am Today’s forecast: 89 degrees with A LOT of rain Fitness/First Stop: Pop Up Yoga Every time that I am in Detroit, my friend Kerrie, who is a yoga instructor, invites me to different yoga classes in…
Tags: #30DaysinDetroit, Bas, Detroit, J. Cole, Michigan, yoga
Detroit Day 1: Getting Started
Rise and Shine: 7:35am. Today’s forecast: A steamy 90 degrees! Fitness: Before I went to Uganda, I spent five weeks without meat and lost seven pounds as a result. My month in Uganda led to the loss of another four…
Tags: #30DaysinDetroit, Bob's Classic Kicks, D:Hive, Detroit, Hot Taco, Whole Foods
June 25, 2013
#30DaysInDetroit
Detroit. The D. Motown. Motor City. Hockeytown. Rock City. The 313. MY CITY. Given my very flexible work situation and as you may have noticed over the last six months, I can work from anywhere in the world, literally. From…
Tags: #30DaysinDetroit, Detroit, Michigan
June 24, 2013
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Portraits of Senegal
Pake, 19, Dakar, surfer/surf instructor My first full day in Dakar, my host had to work and I was left to wander around. We had lunch across the street from a surf shop so I wandered over. I noticed Pake
A Pitstop in Lisbon
Usually when I travel I make sure that I have very short connections between flights. Though I fly a lot, I despise being in airports. While casually chatting with a Brazilian and Portuguese friend about my five hour layover between
The Canonization of Two Popes
Being raised Catholic and born in the 1980s, Pope John Paul II was at the helm of the church for the majority of my life and was beatified two weeks after I first moved to Rome. This past Sunday he
#30daysof30
In honor of my fastly approaching 30th birthday, I wanted to do a celebration like no other and I also wanted to celebrate with as many friends as possible and thus was born #30daysof30. Starting April 30th I will travel
Road Trip: Matera and Almalfi Coast
With one week to go before our long Easter break and no set plans, I had resigned to staying in Rome and battling the madness of Easter tourist crowds. Luckily a friend suggested renting a car and driving to Matera,
Make Time to Travel
As a nomad without a home or clear career path, existential crises abound. The constant chasing after, running from and just plain random living leaves this one questioning what am I doing, why am I doing it and what is