I can hardly believe September has already come and gone. What a crazy month it has been. I experienced just about every emotion under the sun in the last 30 days, but in nicely balanced proportions…like a graveyard soda but…
28 Hours in Manhattan Beach, and the Real Reason I’m Addicted to Travel
A few months ago when I divulged my plans to travel around the US a bit at the end of the summer, I mentioned that I’d be spending some time in Los Angeles for the first time in years. I myself wasn’t…
I left my heart in San Francisco. Again.
My aim is to keep this post short and sweet, much like my recent visit with San Francisco. I’m finding it difficult to put into words the emotions elicited by the incredibly sunny and love-filled week I just had, so…
New York Revisited: Nostalgia and Excitement, But Not Longing
The light of morning illuminated the Manhattan skyline as my plane touched down at Newark Liberty International Airport. My heart skipped a beat at the sight of the city I’d left almost exactly three years earlier, the city I’d left…
Eataly NYC: Gourmet Italian Food in the Flatiron
It’s no secret by now that I love to eat. On my recent visit to New York, I couldn’t waste an opportunity to indulge in one of my absolute favorite Italian eateries, Eataly NYC.
12 Free Things to Do in New York City in the Summer (And a Few Not So Free Things)
Who doesn’t love free stuff? I, for one, am a huge fan of free stuff. Especially when you’re in a city where everything else costs an arm, a leg, a lock of hair from a centaur and your first-born child.…
The Things I’ll Miss Most About “Home”
I may not say it very often, but there are a lot of great things about being here in Washington. I don’t really consider it my home anymore, because as they say, “Home is where the heart is,” and my…
Art for Art’s Sake at New York’s 21st Precinct
New York and street art. The two go together like peas and carrots…like peanut butter and jelly…like tequila and lime! They’re inextricably intertwined, street art and New York; you can’t think of one without conjuring the other. It’s no surprise, then,…
Hostel Review: The Local NY
Whilst planning my most recent trip to New York, I decided that, though I was stoked for the opportunity to revisit my old stomping grounds in Manhattan (namely the East Village and Lower East Side), it’d also be a good idea…
Month in Review: August 2014
As my last full month in the States before I head south to Nicaragua, it’s no surprise that August was a little bit f*ck!ng nuts. I had (and still have) an enormous amount of things on my to-do list and…
