For the last seven years I have spent Thanksgiving outside of the US, part of this has been as a consequence of me not living in the country and partly because I made a conscious decision to use the Thanksgiving…
For my 30th birthday me and 21 of my friends (3 could not make it the day of) descended on Panama in celebration. This was the second time I had done a big birthday trip, the first being my 25th…
Now that I am 30 and living my life like its golden, I figure I should share my ten tips to living your life in the same way. This list has been perfected over the years but each of these…
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…
A scene from a middle of the night packing nightmare when I was moving back to Rome. The wine helped. :-) I love to travel. I HATE HATE HATE HATE packing. I like to imagine that when I am finally…
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…
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,…
After spending one month in Uganda I took a short trip to Addis Ababa since I was in the region. I have a friend from grad school that works there and I have heard great things so I figured it…
Whether you fly once a week, once a month or once a year you should be saving your airline miles. Even if you do not always fly the same carrier you should join each of the major airline partnerships to…
Apps, apps, and more apps. When I first got my iPhone in 2007, I don't think the world knew anything about "apps". Now I am sure the App Store has nearly a billion on offer. So how do you determine…