Inspired by a late-night, travel-themed TikTok session, I set a goal for myself to hit 50 countries by the time I turn 50. I was 41 at the time (late 2023) and I had considered…
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Engaged in 2018, married in 2023, and a month-long honeymoon booked for 2025. How did we get here?! In The Great Before (pre-2020), we planned to have a very small wedding in France in October…
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The first time I got on a plane to Bordeaux, I had no idea where I was going. Not to say I wasn’t familiar with the concept of Bordeaux as a city in France known…
View PostThe first time I got on a plane to Bordeaux, I had no idea where I was going. Not to say I wasn’t familiar with the concept of Bordeaux as a city in France known…
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Our first trip out of the US together was to Martinique for Bill’s birthday, which also coincides with St. Patrick’s Day. I’m not proud of this one, but I forgot it was Bill’s birthday on…
View PostOur first trip out of the US together was to Martinique for Bill’s birthday, which also coincides with St. Patrick’s Day. I’m not proud of this one, but I forgot it was Bill’s birthday on…
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After more than a year of staying close to home, it is fitting that my first neighborhooding guide is for my own neighborhood, Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts. The bones for this post were drafted…
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Montreal is my #1 city; the place where I failed out of university twice*, ordered Roman Cokes for an embarrassingly long time before someone told me it was just a “rum & coke,” and ‘smoked’…
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