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Bali, Indonesia (and the US of A) What would you do… If you were trapped in a window seat on a 13-hour transpacific flight, and you needed to use the restroom? but, sam, i’ve been holding it for 3 hours already The guy next to […]
all over South America I don’t mean to startle you but… i’m back. How have you BEEN, girlfriend!? I’ve missed you. Sorry I didn’t call; I was too busy joining a cult and swan diving off the deep end. Be honest…… diiiiiid you stop reading […]
Cunha, Brazil Settling into life at the ashram, weeks 3 and 4, was nothing but blue skies and happy days. A new batch of volunteers arrived and with them, an instant family. Connections so fast and strong that it felt like we’d been living together […]
Cunha, Brazil Where were we? Ah, yes. I was right in the middle of telling you what a steaming-hot pile of confusion I was… and how I needed to get lost in order to find out what went wrong. ‘Started from the bottom, now we’re […]
Chicago, USA & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Buckle up and get ready… cuz it’s SHOWTIME, folks. She Gone Girl is, officially, gone again. This time: even goner. Or, I guess, geographically-speaking, she’s closer than ever before so maybe not so much her physical location but […]
3 Continents, 18 Countries Did that really just happen? Or, was it all a dream? or was it magic? 2018 was, objectively, the best year of my life. I mean, sure, I was chosen to be a live mannequin for Hawthorn Mall’s Limited Too window […]
Giza, Egypt ‘Twas the month after Christmas and all through each house, Not a creature could fit, in her pre-holiday blouse. (Which didn’t stop her from eating the rest of the Christmas cookies, the end.) i really want to lose 3 pounds Hello and welcome […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Certain things in life are nonnegotiable. Putting gas in your car. Having gas after Burger King. Wearing clothes at the bank. Snatching the last potato skin as the waitress tries to pull the basket away. it takes perfect timing and years […]
Marrakesh & Agafay Desert, Morocco L to the A to the D to the Y Alert to my laaaadiesssss – time to pack your jean jackets and fly your asses over to Africa! where my ladies at!? Not able to leave Morocco without a […]
Agadir, Morocco Over the UK’s sweater weather, temporarily banned from western Europe, and unwilling to fly back to SE Asia (wrong way) or the Americas (too far), my next move was strangely obvious. I needed to fly to Morocco, live out my Blue Crush […]
Edinburgh, Scotland & London, England One of the benefits of international travel is constructing a network of international friends. You can compare travel notes, coordinate rendezvouses, or ohhhhh, I don’t know…… spring each other out of Scottish pig farm prisons. Whatever the day […]
Somewhere Outside Glasgow, Scotland I had a bad feeling the moment I met Michael. (One of my hosts at the pig farm, in case you missed it.) Upon picking me up at the train station, he chose to forego the ‘hi, hello, how […]
Somewhere Outside Glasgow, Scotland Life is all about balance. Your schedule, your checkbook, your diet, your baby on the counter as you reaaaaaaach for the bottle opener = they all need to be balanced. (Some more carefully than others.) Using the same […]
Glasgow & Edinburgh & Forres, Scotland What’s the one thing you need after 7.5 months on the road? A SIX-DAY SISTER VACAY. (cue montage) guuuuuurl, let’s DO this where’d kathy nijimy go? Hello and welcome back. […]
Ireland Have you ever put a butter knife in your mouth (to lick off the avocado or nutella or whatever’s on there) only to realize too late that the knife was longer than expected and you might, in fact, kill yourself? I’ve thought […]
Colos, Portugal Hi there. ‘Member me? That girl doin’ that thing in that place? The one who keeps wearing an Italian beef t-shirt to the wrong venues? The one who signed up to work in a vegan kitchen even though she’s not vegan […]
