Where we’re at: I finished recapping my fall of 2018, of which this is a huge roundup. These two months were wild ones — they were my final two months trying desperately to balance my work and travel obligations with being home as much as possible for my mom after her diagnosis. At the end of…

After dragging my big sis Margaret along on my Upstate New York adventures all over Keuka Lake, Corning, and a glass-blowing workshop, we were both happy but exhausted. And my road trip wasn’t over yet! So we headed up to Margaret’s hometown of Rochester, New York, to really relax for a weekend. You know, lay around…

“Wow, that’s a change of scenery!” The comment popped up on my Instagram within moments of me posting my first snap from back in the USA. Looking up from my iPhone, I surveyed my surroundings. A calm lake broken only by a few slow kayaks, a crisp glass of local white wine, an American flag stirring…

One of the main objectives of my trip to Rochester — other than visiting my sister, of course — was to check Niagara Falls off my list. Just five hours from my hometown of Albany and only an hour and a half from Rochester, it’s crazy to think I didn’t see it before — after all…

One of my goals in being location independent and working for myself was to have more time to not just travel but to spend with friends and family. So I made good on that this summer and visited Margaret — the second oldest of my three sisters — in Rochester, New York. I hadn’t been to…