Where we’re at: I’ve wrapped up blogging the fourth quarter of 2019, of which this is a huge roundup. What a weird time to look back on. These first three months after losing my mom were, largely, a fog. I guess much of the year was. As the world transitioned from fall into winter, I started…

Where we’re at: I’m recapping my travels in 2019, including this trip to California in December. In 2019, for the first time in my life, I spent Christmas somewhere other than my hometown of Albany, New York or my home island of Koh Tao, Thailand. (Actually, as I typed that, I realized it’s a lie —…

Where we’re at: I’m recapping my travels in 2019, including this trip to California in December. New York and LA. East Coast to West Coast. I think that no matter how light-hearted, it’s hard to deny there’s a slight rivalry going on there. And while I grew up in the Empire State and “wandering heart, New…

Where we’re at: I’m recapping my travels in 2019, including this trip to Las Vegas and Los Angeles in August.  I realize for some this is a difficult time to read about travel. However, my blog audience has spoken and they have overwhelmingly requested a break from COV-tent (content about, well, you know…), and a place where they…

Where we’re at: I’m recapping my travels in 2019, including this trip to California in August. No, leaving Mammoth Lakes wasn’t easy. But we had come to California with a mission — watching our friends Bron and Ryan tie the knot at a another gorgeous Northern California body of water, Donner Lake in Truckee.  I’d been…

Where we’re at: I’m recapping my travels in 2019, including this trip to California in August. I realize for some this is a difficult time to read about travel. I am writing often about our current global crisis — the impact it’s having on me personally, on the world of travel, and on the world at large…