Adelaide, Australia: Exotic animals, extreme sports, and not drinking in wine country Sea Cliff, my beach in Adelaide
I felt completely at home in my beach suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, a city of about 1.3M with a similar layout to Philadelphia nestled in Australia’s wine region capital (one Continue Reading Move Over Fear, Curiosity is Here to Stay Curiosity at its finest (photo credit: theodysseyonline.com)
“I have no special talents, I am only passionately curious.” -Albert Einstein
The word ‘curiosity’ has been getting a lot of attention lately. So much so, in fact, that it may Continue Reading Bears in Alaska: Advice from a Passing Stranger Turnagain Arm below, Windy Point trail ahead
On a very narrow hiking trail overlooking Turnagain Arm, arguably the most scenic highway in the US (a stretch of road from Anchorage towards the Kenai Peninsula), I met a guy named Continue Reading Flying in Cockpits: New Zealand's Air Travel Boarding Sounds Air flight
A few weeks ago at the Nelson airport, something strange happened… and by strange, I mean amazing. When checking in for my flight, I wasn’t asked for a ticket or even a piece Continue Reading Living in a Tree: A Weekend in the Amazon You know those mornings when you wake up, stretch, smile at the sun, breath in the clean air... and then notice a tarantula the size of a dessert dish about 8" from your face? This was one of thosemornings.
Events like these Continue Reading Simply Alaska: A Land of Extremes Summer in Alaska?
My home in Haines
A house sitter opportunity titled 'Summer in Alaska?' caught my eye. Is that a rhetorical question? I applied and was accepted, securing a trip to Alaska after my 3 months of Continue Reading
ABOUT ME
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.
Next week, I’ll be looking back at my life. I’m attending a reunion with forty people from my Remote Year family, most of whom I haven’t seen in two years. ...
18 Years Ago My first Labor Day, after officially being in the workforce post-college, was just another event in a Manhattan lifestyle that would span almost 16 years. It was...
There’s a dress code in Taos, New Mexico: it’s called wiping your boots on the back of your jeans if entering a fancy restaurant. I arrived here two days ago,...
It’s been months since I’ve published anything I’m proud of. Not that I haven’t tried- I have. But sometimes it’s easier and safer to write about places and weather instead...
“You should try ‘Goat Yoga’ while you’re here,” a friend suggested. I was in Austin, Texas for the 4th of July week dog sitting a golden retriever and visiting fellow...
I’ve always wanted to go to South Africa: it’s a breathtakingly beautiful country with adventurous people and fascinating African wildlife. In May, I went to Cape Town and drove east...