Category: adventures

Friday marked one month since I moved from Chicago to Washington, D.C. – my first time living outside of the Midwest in my entire life....

I stood as still as possible as a narrow paintbrush ran across my face, from the middle of my cheek up to the corner of...

As I piled my things into a taxi outside of my hotel in Peja, Kosovo, I thought of nothing but how much I as dreading...

I recently hit the proverbial wall – both in my training for the New York City Marathon and in life overall.A few weeks ago, I...

Once upon a time, I was afraid to try to go to Wimbledon without tickets in hand. The idea of queuing for hours (the way...

With one day left to go in 2014, I have been relishing the chance to slow down and reflect. The last few months have been...

I am going to West Africa next month. On November 23, I will arrive in Bamako, Mali and spend one week there before moving on...

It was twilight by the time I finally dropped my pack on the ground at Cottonwood Campground, nearly twelve hours after my day had begun....

As I planned my recent trip to Boston, touring Fenway Park was minimally on my radar. But when a walk through Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood...

I have been to my fair share of museums. Art museums, history museums, science museums and even sex museums. So it probably isn’t surprising that...