December 28, 2016
When I turned 30, I wrote this post, and I’ve been similarly introspective about turning 35. Once you hit a certain age, the years go by quickly, and that can be both a blessing and a curse. I turned 35 three weeks ago, in the last month of a year that has been arduous on […]
October 12, 2010
I’m just realizing it’s been a while since I wrote an insightful post. Which tells you I’ve probably been trying to avoid addressing what’s on my mind. This post draws on something Steph from Twenty-Something Travel (now officially on her RTW trip, which is awesome) and Brooke from Brooke vs. the World wrote about a […]
August 10, 2010
About a month and a half after I came to Sydney, my best friend set her wedding date for August. She’d been engaged since September of 2008, and while I knew she and her fiancé intended to get married this year, the lack of a concrete date put the event out of my mind while […]
May 11, 2010
I know people want to hear about China. And maybe that’s why I haven’t posted here in three weeks–because I’ve wanted to write about stuff other than my trip. Shanghai was great. I still can’t believe I went to a place as exotic as China. I spent time with my oldest friend–we met in first […]
March 3, 2010
The realization hit me like one of the raindrops smacking the window of the library in which I sat doing work Monday morning: I have made a life here. It was after a weekend spent going out with new friends and evolving into something more than small talk with my roommates. I have new local […]
February 10, 2010
When I took my first trip overseas to England, Scotland and Wales 10 years ago, I was introduced to a delightful little card game called “asshole” (for those who don’t know the rules, click here), which I’m sure Askew World Order, who was also on that trip, will remember. I quickly became obsessed and wound up […]
