While I’m traveling, I find that my cravings shift. Not for food ( I can never get bored of tacos in Mexico), but for what I listen to. I find myself turning to podcasts that are more casual conversation or Netflix shows that have people just hanging out- which isn’t what I normally lean on…

Picture this. You’re paddling down Xochimilco. You have waited months to be in Mexico City. You look around at the tranquil river, the human-made islands, at the new friends you’re here with, and you feel…nothing. Where is that elation?  That excitement?  That rush of adventure? You’re finally here. Why aren’t you happy? Or maybe you land…

“ The most vulnerable moment in a Czechs day is when they are ordering beer,” says my bubbly tour guide, Joanna.  Our small group snickered. We stood under the tail of the St. Wenceslas statue, a common meeting place for people who live in Prague. I looked down the long layout of Wenceslas square. An…

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Why a Cocktail Tour is the Best Way to Experience NYC Nightlife and History New York City’s drinking history is nearly as ostentatious as its skyscrapers. Representing nearly every culture in the world, there isn’t a drink you can’t get in the Big Apple. Want a delicate French wine with your meal? West Village. Want…

It may be a cliche that women are obsessed with chocolate ( as she cleans a Snickers bar out of her teeth), but chocolate is one item I am always on the hunt for. And fortunately, my friend Jen, whom I was visiting, was a chocolatier. “If you have listened to my podcast, you know…

a hyped-up man shouts as he punches the air with his fist and walks by the window my friend Jen and I were sitting at. He shouted over a disjointed chorus of car horns honking, bicycle bells twinkling, and Drake beats blasting out of subwoofers. The streets sounded like a middle school band performance where…

Hey there, Stranger! I have been obsessed with travel since I got on my first plane to go live in the Czech Republic. I remember walking around in those early winter days between the beautiful pastel buildings in a crowd of people, and getting hit in the face with sonder. Sonder: When you realize that…

Once I bought my flight to Mexico, I had the same feeling of when I submerge my head in a pool on a hot summer day: relief. It felt so right to have an airplane ticket in my inbox.   I continued to click around on my iPad and noticed the Gargeband symbol. I played…

Hey there, stranger! Want to know why I decided to book a one way ticket to Mexico and not look back? Well when I was 24, I was living in Portland, OR and…. TBH, I was extremely anxious. Anxious because I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. Anxious because I wasn’t…