Travel

From Paulo Coelho to Marie Curie: Inspirations on Aspirations

Just a few well-chosen words can be enough to inspire. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the [...]

August 7, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Why Family Is Never Far Away

This is a guest post from the wildly talented Karli Hannan, a fabulous friend and colleague who is known for her enthusiastic spirit. A fellow passionate traveler, I’m thrilled to have her join us here! I love to travel. Even if I’m sitting at my desk at work, I can travel somewhere in my mind [...]

June 12, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

From #Trust30: Where In The World?

If we live truly, we shall see truly. – Ralph Waldo Emerson A few days ago, I joined the Ralph Waldo Emerson #Trust30 writing initiative and thought today’s writing prompt was a perfect discussion for this group of explorers. Prompted from the explorer himself, Chris Guillebeau:

June 4, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

(w)Here In The World: Barcelona’s Brilliance On Thanksgiving

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. – Maya Angelou I spent this past Thanksgiving in Barcelona – my fifth year in a row abroad on the [...]

December 8, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

On TEDxEast, Early Mornings and Urban Oyster’s Coolness

These past few weeks have been a true mosaic of events, activities, chance run-ins with cool people, planned run-ins with cooler people. This past week, I met up with the folks from TEDxEast (NYC’s independent version of TED – I also attended the last TEDxEast in May). In the first 5 minutes of meeting people, [...]

November 13, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

There Are Many Places Like Home: Hacienda San Agustin de Callo

Dorothy of Wizard of Oz fame tells us there is no place like home. Dorothy has many wise words, but on this one, I’ll have to respectfully disagree. During my travels over the years, I’ve stayed at wonderful hotels, not so wonderful hotels, encountered a mosaic of interesting individuals and captured stories that will remain [...]

August 28, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

Creative Juicy Ideas Needed: The Ecuador Project

Not long ago, I visited Ecuador on a short holiday. I spent my time hiking, horse-back riding interviewing and hanging out with locals, trying to perfect my mediocre Spanish. As with all of my adventures, I met so many great people along the way. One of them was Mignon Plaza, who owns and runs Hacienda [...]

August 20, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

Book Review: Eat, Pray, Love

I know what you’re thinking. Enough Eat, Pray, Love already. Everywhere I go – subway, airport, bakery – someone is reading it. By someone I mean the 90% of the American female population. Tomorrow, the movie comes out. And more women will be eating, praying and loving again. But, in my opinion, popular does not [...]

August 12, 2010 CONTINUE READING →