In the last six years I lived in the center of major European cities, in the countryside of others, in US ski towns, in cow towns and in motown. If you are thinking about doing something similar here is a quick guide to help find the perfect place:
1. Mountain towns
Ideal for: Semi-committed to [...]
Live with your parents after age 18 in the US? Complete loss of all street cred. Shack up with your parents at the ages of 26, 43 or 67 in Spain? A cultural given.
Being raised in the US meant expectations of college at 18 and finding a job which would provide financial independence at [...]
I loved him the moment I saw the lead singer of the Malaysian cover band on his shoulders.
The scene kind of looked like this.
Uncle Chang, the namesake of the island hotel I was staying in, had arrived a few hours prior. Upon seeing Uncle Chang standing at the prow of his Malaysian water [...]
One month, 12 airports and six Panda Express’ later, I had made a few observations about today’s travel ‘experience’ which I believe are worthy of a mention:
1. If anything should run amok or if you happen to find yourself in a life threatening situation, please know the airline you are flying follows strict FAA [...]
My lovely friend Lane was one mom in a two-mom household. Her story of dual-mommying was one, in my opinion, that needed to be told. When Lane not only agreed to chat with me but was excited about the opportunity to share her and her wife’s story; we went about the same [...]
Background: New Year’s Eve 2009 I step off a Malaysian water taxi at Uncle Chang’s Backpacker Lodge to meet that guy, David, down there a bit on the right. (Happy New Year to Me!) A year and a half later we would be married and me and the two bags Delta airlines would allow me [...]
Does the price of wedding rings indicate anything other than how much a couple is willing to spend? Here are the results of my not so scientific survey with 112 people.
The survey asked two questions:
1) On a scale of 1 – 10 how happy would you say you are / were in [...]

