If you love culinary travel in the least, you MUST plan a trip to New Orleans! While there are a lot of fantastic culinary destinations in the United States, I personally think New Orleans is the best and most unique. You’ve got dishes that you won’t find anywhere else — all in the cradle of […]
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July was one of the busiest and most exhausting months of my life — but in a very good way! It seemed like I was scheduled to the last minute, but with so many good activities. This is my third summer in New York. Each year I’ve wanted to have a big, epic New York
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Yesterday was my 34th birthday. I’m celebrating it in a way I never could have predicted — at a beach volleyball tournament in Vienna, of all places! I actually missed out on writing a 33rd-birthday post last year. Time to make up for it. Here are some takeaways from the past year that I’d love
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I always have preconceptions about the destinations I visit, and St. Croix was no different. I visited the Florida Keys because of Bloodline and Fire Island because of Baby-Sitters Club #76: Stacey’s Lie. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil brought Savannah to life for me. Hell, I went to Budapest to see the
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The following branded content post is brought to you by Global Basecamps. After learning about Global Basecamps and their mission to make a positive impact on the communities they visit, I knew they would be a great partner. I first arrived in Thailand in October 2010 — one month after quitting my job to travel
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I can pinpoint the moment I became a hip-hop fan. It was October 1994 and I was 10 years old. I was returning from a school field trip to the Bunker Hill Monument, and the boys kept yelling at the bus driver, “One, two, three — NINETY-FOUR POINT FIVE!” Any Bostonian will immediately recognize that
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Many years ago, I was reading an article in a magazine about how Starbucks adapts their store menus to the tastes of different American regions. There was a line that read, “For example, in Louisiana, we serve larger, sweeter cakes. Here, people want to linger.” It’s funny how I’ve always remembered that. People want to
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When’s the best time to visit New Orleans? New Orleans is one of my favorite cities in the world — bustling and animated; filled with music, food, and art; home to incredible people you’ll never forget. Many American cities can be visited comfortably at any time of year, but you need to be a bit
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Is this the only month of my life that I’ll begin in the Middle East and end in the Caribbean? Maybe, maybe not. But I’m fairly certain it will be the only month I begin in Lebanon and end in St. Croix! This was an extremely busy travel month — far more so than I
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I landed in Cyprus with a smile. More than 17 years after I first set foot on the European continent, I had visited every country in Europe. (47 countries by my count, which includes all UN-recognized nations plus Kosovo and the Vatican. I count Turkey but I don’t count the Caucasus.) To be honest, I
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