The Dream of Travel Writing (vs. The Reality)
I’ve always thought it would be crazy awesome if I were a travel writer. I love traveling and I love writing, so getting paid to travel around the world and write about it would be the ultimate dream job, right? I’ve realized, though, that it’s not quite as simple as that. Traveling can be stressful. […]
The London Pass: My 13 Favorite Attractions (Plus A One-Day Sample Itinerary!)
For months I’ve been wish-planning a trip to the UK and putting together my “London List” — things I want to do and places I want to see in the English capital. London is not the cheapest city in the world, so while many of my personal must-dos are free — taking walks through Hampstead […]
Bare
* * I had been here before, only 2 years and 3 months past, but it feels like a lifetime ago. The Seine then had been lined by stately trees adorned in the glorious colors of fall. Now the same trees are pale and bare, their branches thrown upwards in seeming surrender to a gray […]
Brilliance and Darkness
* The brilliance of Vincent Van Gogh is palpable in his paintings. Literally: his exuberant brush strokes give his canvasses a rough, passionate texture. This and his often riotous use of color lead many people to believe he was an artist who painted purely on impulse. Yet upon visiting the Van Gogh Museum — one […]
The SMALL-TOWN GIRLS, MIDNIGHT TRAINS Travel Manifesto
♥ ♥ I will see the world with wonder, with gratitude, with respect. I will strive to stay, though ever moving, right in the happy middle: the intersection of longing and contentment. I will not close my eyes to the harsh realities of life and will endeavor to respond with compassion and action, but I […]
She Took The Midnight Train Going Anywhere
* * There’s nothing romantic about midnight trains. Oh, there’s romance in the notion of stepping from a wooden platform onto a steel carriage, from solid ground to motion, to adventure, to the dark. There’s nothing romantic about not knowing where, exactly, in the designated platform of a rather long train, two people with a […]