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My Fifth Trip to Israel, Home of My Heart in The Middle East thumbnail

Where we’re at: I’m recapping my travels in 2020, including this trip to Israel in February 2020.  It had all started to become comfortingly familiar — the exact gate the daily Newark to Tel Aviv flight departed from, the recitation of pre-boarding announcement in English and Hebrew, the familiar mix of blue-haired Christian pilgrims, families of…

Three Weeks in Six Cities: Looking Back on “The Before Times” thumbnail

Wanderland Workshops are here! Don’t miss our very first, a Travel in 2021 Workshop on Thursday, February 11th 2021, from 5-7PM EST! Where we’re at: I’m recapping my travels in 2020, including this criss-cross of my home country from January through February 2020.  It’s almost unimaginable in our current state of the world: In just three weeks…

Fingers Crossed: My 2021 Travel Plans thumbnail

Wanderland Workshops are here! Don’t miss our very first, a Travel in 2021 Workshop on Thursday, February 11th 2021, from 5-7PM EST! Before I start this post, I’d like to take a good, long, hearty and hilarious look back at some of the exciting predictions I made for 2020: • “I have a pretty good idea of…

Saying Goodbye to 2020 thumbnail

For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction. – Cynthia Occelli 2020, am I right? There’s bound to be endless words shared around this time trying to expound upon…

The Great Escape: Months 101 + 102 + 103 thumbnail

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…

Taking my Little Bear to Big Bear: A Dog Friendly Trip to Big Bear Lake, California thumbnail

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…

Howdy, Houston: Everything’s Bigger in the Biggest City in Texas thumbnail

Where we’re at: I’m recapping my travels in 2019, including this trip to Texas in December. Until recently, Texas was a big — huge, actually — untouched swath on my state scratch-off map. A quick weekend in Austin for a conference finally introduced me to the state in 2018, and a year later, I had an…

Getting Into the Swing of the Season in New York State thumbnail

Where we’re at: I’m recapping my travels in 2019, including this time in New York in November and December. After my journeys to Israel, Mexico, Florida and Illinois, I arrived back in New York State in mid-November — just in time for full holiday fervor to be setting in.  To be honest, I felt extremely ambivalent…

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