So I Traveled the World. How Much Did I Pollute?
Before I started on this six-month-long trip, I worried about the waste I’d be adding to the world. Vacation makes waste. But it also opens countless opportunities for personal growth.…
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Art Deco in Chilly Chicago
I was wearing a thick black parka, and I was still freezing my ass off standing on a downtown Chicago avenue and staring up at statues and wheat stalks decorating…
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Nashville Converted Me to Country Music and Hot Chicken
I’ve never really liked American country music, but it’s probably because I never really understood it. I grew up on hip hop, R&B, teen pop, hippie Mamas and the Papas…
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Kentucky: Bourbon, Horse Racing and Quilts
The tour guide at the Peerless bourbon distillery looked at me like I was crazy. “You don’t know what Cracker Barrel is? You’ve never heard of Cracker Barrel?!” She guffawed.…
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1930s Fallingwater Still Looks Super Modern
At first, I thought Fallingwater was much ado about nothing, just another hallowed building by another white and male architect, until I arrived and saw the home framed in yellow…
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Fall Time is the Best Time in New York City
First stop in America: New York City. Our plane plopped down on the tarmac after an eight-hour flight from London. I was tired as hell towing my navy-blue suitcase. A…
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On Respect: Being a Solo Female Traveler When Harassment is Guaranteed
When you’re a woman traveling alone, the most routine activities become a game that you are set up to lose. In the Cote d’Ivoire, I needed cash, so I hailed…
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Tips for Solo Travelers
When traveling alone, you gotta watch out for number one. That’s you. Here’s some commonsense things I recommend: Carry lots of small change in local currency. If you’re starting your…
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Should I Move to France?
A recurring thought on this trip has been whether I should move to France. This land of cheese and wine and art has always been a distant future home in…
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To the Edge of the World on Cornwall’s Coast
I had the crazy idea to backpack along the Cornwall coast just as rainy season began — and an even crazier idea to stick stubbornly to the plan. What possessed…
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