2017, eh? What a year. I say that with both optimism and utter exhaustion. I’m ready to ring in 2018, happy to be ushering in a wealth of change that a new year brings. The Highs Cuba Once regulations were lifted (that are now back in place), we knew we needed to head to that […]
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The Holidays: It’s Not All Sugar and Spice and Gingerbread Nice
London Christmas // Oxford Street Where is Home? Before age 10, I had moved 7 times. The last move brought us to a lovely, diverse city in Michigan that I was lucky enough to spend most of my formative years in, even after my parents divorced. My dad lived in Chicago, about 400 miles […]
31 Photos That Will Make You Fall in Love with London (Again)
The hubster and I traveled to London over Thanksgiving and I was taken back by how much I still loved that charismatic, dynamic city. It was my fifth time traveling there. I lived in London for an internship in college and loved it so much I desperately tried to apply to any job there that […]
The Paralysis of Perfection
Very recently I was told that my pursuit of being the best, being the most career-driven maven, was actually preventing me from being satisfied. I struggled to comprehend this awakening of sorts as it echoed through my veins. You mean, I don’t need to unlock a hidden ad agency copywriter achievement? You mean, I don’t […]
Solo Travel: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
As a child, I was painfully shy. I can’t emphasize the word painfully enough. I stuck to my mom’s side so closely when we were out running errands that she would often accidentally step on me, or I would step on her shoes because I was tagging so closely behind. Once you got to know […]
9 Books That Have Helped Me
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