Playing With Food: Maido in Lima, Peru "At Sea, Life is Tastier"- Maido by Mitsuharu in Lima, Peru
As you step into the square office-shaped restaurant space on the 2nd floor of Maido, here in Lima, Peru, you'll be greeted with a booming "Maido!" (meaning welcome in Japanese) from the Continue Reading Armenia: Visiting the Motherland (dictionary.com: motherland (origin: 1705-15): 1. one’s native land. 2. the land of one’s ancestors. 3. a country considered as the origin or source of something.)
My mother’s side of the family is 100% Armenian. Both of her parents’ families were from Continue Reading Exploring the City of Buenos Aires, Starting With Polo Buenos Aires is the most visited city in Latin America. It's known as the ‘Paris of Latin America’ due to its nightlife, sophistication in the arts, and beautiful European architecture. The people of BA consider themselves Porteños, or ‘port people’ Continue Reading A Visit to Lidice: a village wiped off the map Overlooking the fields that had once been Lidice: statues of the children who perished.
Do you remember Lidice? If you didn’t live during WWII, come from Germany or Czechoslovakia, there’s a good chance you've never heard of it.
Lidice Continue Reading Sydney: My first week in Australia A Trip to Sydney
After traveling 53 hours to get to Sydney, Australia, you could say I took the scenic route. With an unexpected 12 hour layover in LA and a route that took me up over the the Arctic Circle Continue Reading Happy To Be Cold: Cold Water Swimming in December I stripped down to my bikini and gingerly stepped into the 48-degree water. The wool hat, puff jacket, running jacket, long sleeve shirt, stretch pants and running shoes with thick socks that I had been wearing just a minute before Continue Reading
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Posts from 1+ Years of Travel
50,000 miles, 23 countries, 5 continents... and almost 2 years later. I've left the corporate world (and the US) to experience life.
Turns out, Shakira’s moves aren’t so unique after all. In fact, her signature hip moves are the dance moves of her home town of Barranquilla, Colombia. Barranquilla is also home...
It would be wrong to travel through Mexico City and not get your hands a little dirty. That means eating at markets and testing the street food. Mercado San Juan...
Get out of your comfort zone and take in Mexico City via bike. Consistent bike lanes may be hard to come by and there’s a good chance you’ll experience potholes and broken macadam,...
Click here to view a video of a butterfly swarm Many of us have heard of the Monarch Butterfly migration from Canada down to Mexico every year at the end...
Before I arrived in Mexico City, my premeditated fears revolved around pollution and crime. My vision included a heavy dark cloud settling over shanty towns that stretch to the horizon,...
I’ve lived in Mexico City for over 2 weeks now and it’s difficult to pick my top favorite things for a 2-day period, but I’ll give it a shot. Imagine...
What you need: Running Shoes Smart Phone with headphones Yoga Matt or Towel As a recovering New Yorker, I’m used to living across the street from my gym and being...