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Eating Rome: Lima Chicken
Pizza, Pasta and Pane, oh my! Living in Italy offers access to some of the world’s greatest cuisine, but let’s be honest, every now and again you get full of the three Ps. Having been in Rome for a year…
Tags: Eating Rome, Food, Italy, Rome
April 27, 2012
On Instagram
I am not a huge social networker. I have Facebook, of course, and even a Twitter account, though I don’t feel that I use either as frequently as others. I have stayed off of tumblr, though I subscribe to two…
Tags: Instagram, iPhone, Musings, Social Networking
April 9, 2012
Home is…..
home /hōm/ Noun: The place where one lives permanently, esp. as a member of a family or household. Adjective: Of or relating to the place where one lives: “your home address”. Adverb: To the place where one lives: “what time…
Tags: Home, Reflection
Cholera Epidemic in Haiti
I came across this video in the NY Times. I must’ve been living under a rock up until now, I didn’t know that the UN was the cause of the cholera outbreak in Haiti. After watching this video, I am…
Tags: Development, Haiti, Musings, UN
April 1, 2012
what is it about this skin?
So many times when people ask me why I would prefer to stay abroad as opposed to living in the states, I cite race as a factor. I recognize that I have had a privileged upbringing, as compared to many…
Tags: America, Musings, Race Relations, Trayvon Martin
March 20, 2012
Kony 2012
After seeing millions of retweets and shares and references to Uganda, I finally decided to take the time to watch the Kony 2012 video and read some related articles in able to form an educated opinion. Several people have asked…
Tags: Development, Kony2012, Uganda
March 10, 2012
35 and counting…
A few weeks ago a friend and I were chatting about travel and wondering who we know that has been to the most countries. She tossed a name into the debate and we discovered that he had been to less…
Miami: The Celebration
After loads of deliberation, six days before I was meant to travel I decided to head to MIA from FCO for a weekend! A total of 27 hours travel and three and a half days on the ground, I must…
Tags: #houseofratchet, Florida, Friends, Miami
#HouseofRatchet
Today I am embarking on a very long journey in celebration of my dearest friend, Elton’s 30th birthday. A total of 15 hours of travel from take off in FCO to landing in MIA. Long but worth it. Check out…
Tags: Flight, Florida, Miami, Party
March 1, 2012
Willkommen in Berlin!!
Last September, as a last hoorah before my dear friend Katie moved back to Montreal, we headed to Berlin to visit a friend and see this wonderful European city that we had heard so much about. This was my first…
February 12, 2012
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Detroit Day 20: A Sunny Saturday
Summer in Detroit is definitely the best time of year and there are way more activities than hours in a day so I have to pick and choose very carefully! First Stop: Personal Trainer Session I am still focused on
Detroit Day 19: Another Cafe and Another Bar Crawl
First Stop: Chez Zara I have heard about Chez Zara from a number of people and finally decided to try it out. It is a very cute and modern coffee shop located on the ground floor of the Madison building,
Detroit Day 18: Biking and Budweiser
Yesterday I spent a good portion of my day biking and exercising. I ran one mile, worked out with my trainer for an hour then biked 22 miles round trip from downtown to my mom’s house. Biking long distances in
Detroit Day 17: Breweries By Bike (not really)
First Stop: Roasting Plant After a quick two mile run (since the scale is still lying to me about my weight), I headed to the Roasting Plant to do some work. I really like the look and feel of the
Detroit Day 16: Riding Around and Getting It
I am just over the hallway point of my Detroit exploration and I have enjoyed every minute of it, though going out to discover new things everyday and subsequently blogging about it has become a bit exhausting. Yesterday was a
A Girl’s Guide to Detroit
Today on facebook a friend of my oldest sister and avid follower of my blog, Michelle McDonald shared the link to the below video which was featured in the Huffington Post. Her exact words were, “I saw this and immediately