It Was Just an Experiment: A Housesitting Lifestyle It was just an experiment…
These last 3 months were a trial run in a new lifestyle experiment. The goal was to be a house sitter up and down the west coast of the US while visiting friends and family. I'd Continue Reading A Guide to Christchurch, New Zealand I was nervous about my trip to Christchurch, New Zealand. The more people I talked to, the more I regretted having booked a 10-day house sit there. “There’s not much to do…” “It’s still being rebuilt from the earthquake…” “You 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 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 A Warm California Welcome
My introduction to living in Northern, CA has been accentuated with unprecedented wildfires, an earthquake, cold water swims, but above all, ceaseless beauty.
Just a few hours after my arrival into San Francisco, wildfires exploded across Napa and Continue Reading 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
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.
One of my first interviews out of college was on the floor of the American Stock Exchange in New York City. After spending a frenzied hour in the QQQ (or...
Summer in Alaska? 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...
The nighttime howl of a hound dog kept me awake last night. It pulled at my heart strings and sent my own dogs (Chewie and Rula, my house sitting mates...
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...
I was nervous about my trip to Christchurch, New Zealand. The more people I talked to, the more I regretted having booked a 10-day house sit there. “There’s not much...
It had just rained torrentially for 5 days straight in Cairns, Australia. Even for a rainforest’s standards, the volume was record-breaking. The Cairns Community Facebook Page was overloaded with locals...
New Zealand is known as the adventure capital of the world. I remember my older brother talking about his trip here in the early 90’s and what stayed with me...