It's a little rainy and cloudy in NYC today. In some places, rainy and cloudy means having to find shelter and warmth, but for a lot of us it's another excuse to go outside, get wet, and endure the chill for all the awesome the city offers when covered in gray. If you are in the city and it starts to rain, just put on a hat (umbrellas are so not New York) and take it in. You might get s[...]
New York City on any given day can feel like a lot. Which is why the few nature escapes in the city are so invaluable. Places like the beautifully historic Inwood Park, uptown, and then of course, the equally historic Central Park. Despite its complicated and racist history, Central Park has become a haven for urban dwellers who also love nature, for birdwatchers, and even for artists and[...]
Julia Beck, friend and founder of Forty Weeks, shared this article announcing the news that Condé Nast will stop using the help of interns to avoid liability. Liability that it has faced due to the fact that they have allegedly abused the program (and the interns) by using them as cheap or free labor in a way that is, in my opinion, not surprising but also unacceptable. They are now facin[...]
For all the great food that New York City has to offer, there are areas that we often refer to as dead zones. They aren't necessarily isolate or void of activity, but when it comes to finding good food, they become areas that you either venture out of or settle for a lot less than what you would normally like. Because I commute into the city a lot from Penn Station (34th and 7th), I kno[...]
Update 8/26/16: I wrote this post almost 3 years ago, and have taken many, many more solo trips since then. I still believe that traveling solo isn't the one way to find yourself, your strength, your weaknesses, your passions, and your soul. Over the years that have passed since I wrote this, I have tried to reshape my career and my travel so that I don't have to do it without my children[...]
My excitement over my recent visit to Ireland seemed to have overflowed while going through immigration at the airport. Not really a place someone would enjoy, except that two things happened. I was standing in line waiting for passport check when a foreign couple approached the line confused and apologetic to have gone through the wrong queue beforehand. "Oh, no need to be sorry! You're[...]
Escaping to Beautiful Bordeaux, France.
I am still on cloud 9 from my trip to Ireland, which I have to say was probably one of the best trips I have been on in a long time for many reasons: 1) I absolutely love the UK, 2) I got to geek out and talk travel blogging with like-minded geeks at TBEX, 3) I got some serious, sans kids, kissy face time with my husband, and 4) I got to explore a side of my husband's heritage. I mean, th[...]
On the last weekend of autumn my family and I ventured to one of our favorite weekend getaway destinations, the Catskill Mountains. We had a bumpy start getting there with our car breaking down an hour into our trip, but my family are such great sports about things that for the most part we made it through the unexpected hurdle still smiling. The next day however, we arrived to the Emer[...]
Driving out to the beautiful Catskills with images of apple picking and fall colors filling our heads. The kids are excited. I worked a whole week to get them there in preparation for the trip. My week at work has been tough, and for my husband as well. We wanted this. Forty minutes into our trip, our car breaks down. Again. Last time that happened we were on our way to the airport for[...]
