I recently went to Costa Rica and unlike my usual adventures, I didn’t make a checklist. There were no must-see waterfalls, no zipline excursions, no meticulously scheduled day trips. In fact, I did something truly radical. I chilled. It wasn’t entirely my idea, of course. My son made […]
People love a good mystery especially one that involves vanishing ships, spooky fog, and compasses losing their moral and magnetic direction. The Bermuda Triangle usually hogs the spotlight, but little do most know there’s a Midwestern cousin lurking quietly up north: the Lake Michigan Triangle. Or as I […]
I’m not usually one to get dizzy from news headlines, but this one gave me a touch of vertigo just reading it. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southern China has officially opened, and it’s now the world’s tallest bridge standing 2,050 feet above the Beipan River. That’s […]
There’s a quote floating around the internet that gets attributed to Anthony Bourdain like most great quotes about food, travel, and life. Whether he said it or not, it sticks: “Be a traveler, not a tourist.” And oh, how true that rings. See, a tourist skims. They drop […]
So apparently, scientists found a Martian sample that may contain evidence of ancient microbial life. The headlines sound grand: “Life on Mars!” But then you squint at the fine print. No, it’s not exactly proof of life, more like a faint fossilized whisper of something microbial that once […]
The sky in Antigua this morning is giving big “I stayed up too late but I’m still showing up” energy. The sun is there, somewhere, trying to peek through the clouds like a shy celebrity avoiding the paparazzi. It’s that awkward moment between night’s gossip and day’s to-do […]
If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go? You know those dreamy icebreaker questions people love to ask at awkward team retreats? “If you had two free tickets to anywhere, where would you go?” Most people say Paris or Hawaii. Classic. Basic. Lovely, sure. But […]
What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life? You haven’t truly lived in New York City until a local train you’re riding suddenly goes rogue and decides, mid-ride, to become express. No announcement. No warning. Just BAM! like Emeril seasoning your morning commute with […]
It’s Monday. Again.But this one feels… oddly quiet. Suspiciously still. The kind of quiet where you wonder if you missed a memo. A mass text. A cosmic “Out of Office” notification. This past week, I’ve noticed something. Or rather, I’ve not noticed something.People. Where are they? The commuter […]
There are days when your brain decides to clock out before your body does. Today was one of those days. I was exhausted. So bone-tired that I couldn’t tell the difference between highbrow, lowbrow, and absolutely no-brow TV. Enter: Trainwreck: The Poop Cruise. Yes. That is what I […]