2018-07-05 17:15
Japan is a weird place. Tokyo, specifically. But it's also awesome. Things I learned there:There are lots of rules. Make reservations in advance (like, months in advance). It's expensive, bu… Read More
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I write; I eat; I sleep on planes. I blog about my travels in the US, Latin America and (coming soon) Europe as well as local adventures at home in Los Angeles.
2018-02-04 06:16
Puerto Vallarta is said to be the safest place in Mexico for tourists and a city I'm visiting for the first time. Jungle, mountains, ocean - pick your poison. Or don't; in PV, you can have i… Read More
2018-01-03 16:41
Hong Kong - pic via Lonely Planet In 2016, I made a list of places I wanted to visit that year. I went to three of them: Cartagena, Portland and Seattle. In 2017, I went to one more pla… Read More
2017-12-19 17:33
Carmel by-the-Sea is beautiful and not just for old people anymore. With wine tasting (plus honey and olive oil tasting), art, live music, mindfulness sessions and brisk hikes/walks to and f… Read More
2017-11-09 18:40
I was told to cancel my Barcelona trip or go somewhere else because of the current political situation, but in all honesty, I felt safe the entire time. There were no protests until my last… Read More
2017-08-27 23:07
I've spent almost a month in Atlanta (my brother lives here) and have yet to experience the entire city. There's lots to do within city limits, not to mention the outskirts, and I was t… Read More
2017-07-02 00:14
Here are lots of pics and a little advice for you while this place is fresh in my memory. I've never been more heartbroken to return to "real life." Maybe some day, I will move to Tulum like… Read More
2017-06-20 20:48
Oh hey, I'm back! And older than ever. Officially no longer a 20-something-year-old, I've spent the first half of 2017 working more than playing. But I did write this little piece for T… Read More
2017-01-28 00:14
Last week, I spent two nights at a yurt somewhere above Santa Barbara thanks to Glamping with Pets. This was no regular camping trip (we already know I'm not a fan of camping), althoug… Read More
2017-01-18 05:00
Twice upon a time, I went camping. Long story short: hated it.The first trip was to Dry Tortugas, an island 90 miles off Key West (not in the direction of Cuba). It was so hot, we had… Read More
2016-12-22 18:06
Spent a quick 48 hours in Portland and will definitely visit again in the spring. It was freakishly cold for PDX at between 28 and 35 degrees Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the ground was c… Read More
2016-12-14 22:11
If you're at all familiar with LA and its people, you know we're always searching for fun and wacky new ways to get healthy (green juice cleanses, yoga booty ballet, etc.). Climbing "secret… Read More
2016-11-24 01:08
I could say the past year was the worst I've experienced in my almost-30 years of life -- riddled with illness and funerals, unexpected tragedies and conscious (at times unc… Read More
2016-11-03 17:01
The less commercial of the two Cabos, San Jose del Cabo is a place where the Gulf of Mexico meets the Pacific Ocean and the desert meets the sea. I spent three nights in this paradise, and c… Read More
2016-10-26 20:51
The (almost) perfect city for a destination wedding, Cartagena is affordable, small and easy to navigate on foot. The food's great, there's music on every street corner and the architecture… Read More
2016-10-05 05:12
On my third trip to SF (and on my 3rd year living in LA), I had a very organized itinerary and list of restaurants and bars, thanks mostly to he-who-shall-not-be-named (JK- my ex). It was a… Read More
2016-06-02 01:04
Here are 29 things to do in Seattle (any day of the week — whether it’s sunny, rainy or anything in between), because I just celebrated my 29th birthday in the Emerald City, and… Read More
2016-03-08 20:28
Didn't know much about Fort Collins, CO except that one of my friends is from there/lives there and that another friends’ sister went to grad school there. I stayed in the downtown are… Read More
2016-02-23 05:31
I took a very quick, very lazy trip to Chicago a couple weeks ago. What was supposed to be spent looking at wedding dresses (not for me, but for my BFF) and that sort of thing ended up being… Read More
2016-02-16 20:20
Because Sonoma is no longer a bachelorette party place option for us, I am writing this to convince the decision maker (bride) and her minions (bridesmaids) that Palm Springs is in fact the… Read More
2016-02-16 20:20
Because Sonoma is no longer a bachelorette party place option for us, I am writing this to convince the decision maker (bride) and her minions (bridesmaids) that Palm Springs is in fact the… Read More
2016-02-10 21:50
For those of you who don't know, I took a month-long trip that started by driving from Los Angeles to Miami, flying from Miami to New York and then flying from New York (with a quick layover… Read More
2016-02-10 21:50
I spent something like 10 days in Berlin and got there from Prague on the train. Would totally take this mode of transportation again, with more time, and stop at some of the little in-betwe… Read More
2016-02-10 21:50
This week's post is coming directly from the notes section of my phone because I promised myself I'd blog once a week and because, as much as I love to travel and I love to write and I love… Read More
2016-02-10 21:48
The city of lights was not at all what I expected it to be. Sure, Paris may be romantic for some, but I was surprised to find how very commercial it is. I've always romanticized it as this s… Read More
2016-02-09 21:58
I'm aware that there was a super crazy blizzard in NY a few weeks ago, and that tourists and locals alike thought it was glorious for the first couple hours (the whole playing in the Central… Read More
2016-02-03 03:51
There's a cure for the Monday blues, if you don't work a traditional job, that is (if you do, you can always play hooky). I've been making an effort to go someplac… Read More
2016-01-28 04:43
We are made of material that was created in stars. It's not hippie-dippy shit. We are. 12 elements, to be exact. Star stuff, according to a wall of elements at Los Angeles' Griffith Observat… Read More
2016-01-27 18:25
We are made of material that was created in stars. It's not hippie-dippy shit. We are. 12 elements, to be exact. Star stuff, according to a wall of elements at Los Angeles' Griffith Observat… Read More
2016-01-26 19:32
Northeast LA (NELA), or the area that comprises Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Mount Washington, Silver Lake and Echo Park (north of Sunset Boulevard) and more, is teeming with… Read More
2016-01-26 19:06
We are made of material that was created in stars. It's not hippie-dippy shit. We are. 12 elements, to be exact. Star stuff, according to a wall of elements at Los Angeles' Griffith Observat… Read More
2016-01-20 17:35
Almost a year ago I transitioned this blog from a "whatever I feel like writing about today" kind of blog to a somewhat consistent travel blog. I don't want to write about travel today, thou… Read More
2016-01-05 22:21
(Eugene, OR - pic via TripAdvisor)I'm expecting 2016 to be quite the whirlwind, and a (more or less) balanced mix of planned and spontaneous excursions in the name of self-discovery. Below a… Read More
2015-12-09 21:50
Big Sur is a dream, and I was certain before we'd even made it there. Forget the zebras in San Simeon, or the elephant seals in Cambria, or the random deer (and I swear, I saw one buffalo) a… Read More
2015-10-21 19:54
Hi, I'm back! Was taking a break for mental health and paid work. This time I roadtripped from East to West with a few detours (Naples, FL; Savannah, GA; Raleigh, NC) before starting my jour… Read More
2015-10-12 20:57
Made it out of the 27 club alive and well and spent the tail end of my 28th birthday in Los Alamos, a tiny town about a two-hour drive north of LA. Forty-five minutes or so north of Santa Ba… Read More
2015-08-23 00:08
For those of you who don't know, I took a month-long trip that started by driving from Los Angeles to Miami, flying from Miami to New York and then flying from New York (with a quick layover… Read More
2015-08-23 00:07
The city of lights was not at all what I expected it to be. Sure, Paris may be romantic for some, but I was surprised to find how very commercial it is. I've always romanticized it as this s… Read More
2015-08-23 00:07
This week's post is coming directly from the notes section of my phone because I promised myself I'd blog once a week and because, as much as I love to travel and I love to write and I love… Read More
2015-08-23 00:07
I spent something like 10 days in Berlin and got there from Prague on the train. Would totally take this mode of transportation again, with more time, and stop at some of the little in-betwe… Read More
2015-07-31 05:43
I have so much to say about every single place I went to on my drive from Los Angeles to Miami, but mostly this, since I'm typing on my iPhone from a twin bed in England with a snoring… Read More
2015-05-11 23:25
May is always special for me, and the end of this month will mark the beginning of a grand adventure. My little Fiat and I are headed east for an extended vacay and writing/multimedia experi… Read More
2015-05-01 16:46
Took a little breaky for a trip to South Florida and also a mini panic attack or two. I say South Florida because on the contrary to what many people think, there is more to that region than… Read More
2015-04-15 19:54
Who goes to Palm Springs on Weekend One of Coachella and doesn't attend the festival? This girl, apparently, and no one else. The city was a ghost town, in a good way. I didn't plan on doing… Read More
2015-04-08 22:33
So Part 2 of my weekend nature adventures (you can read Part 1 here) goes to show that planning is shit. Sometimes you plan certain things with certain people (like relationships, or tr… Read More
2015-04-08 20:00
“The center was not holding. It was a country of bankruptcy notices and public-auction announcements and commonplace reports of casual killings and misplaced children and abandoned hom… Read More
2015-04-08 19:59
I kind of flip-flop between wanting to live in a big city and a small town on a daily basis. From Tavernier (small town in the FL Keys) to Miami (they say it's a big city, certain things abo… Read More
2015-04-08 19:59
I went to San Diego and didn't do any of the things I'd planned because I got there on a Sunday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and was too tired to use my brain anymore—for the rest of… Read More
2015-04-02 21:23
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness," or so people say, or so I've heard. Actually, John Muir said it. But I believe it, and I needed to get away from work a b… Read More
2015-03-06 17:05
As you may or may not have gathered by now, I went to grad school and lived in Georgia's oldest city for two years, and it’s a place I hold very near and dear to my heart. My Savannah… Read More
2015-02-21 00:26
Seeing as my multi-country Euro trip is only four months away, I’ve been in a Parisian state of mind the past few days. Just booked my train ticket from London to Paris (yay--it's… Read More
2015-02-17 17:43
On the way to the desert that is Palm Springs, up in the San Jacinto Mountains, there is a town called Idyllwild. Seems like a name you'd only hear in a movie, right? Well, there is a movie… Read More
2015-02-17 17:43
Valentine's Day is coming up, and it also falls on President's Day weekend, which could mean different (happy, sad, sappy, whatever) things to different people, but what it means to most is… Read More
2015-02-16 21:33
It was midnight, after a 13-hour trip, when we arrived at Dillard, a tiny Southern mountain town at the tip of Northeast Georgia, by car. It was raining, and the car windows were foggin… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Almost a year ago I transitioned this blog from a "whatever I feel like writing about today" kind of blog to a somewhat consistent travel blog. I don't want to write about travel today, thou… Read More
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