I am about to write about something that I recognize is perhaps the silliest thing I’ve ever spent more than a few seconds thinking about...

For our son’s second birthday a couple weeks ago, we spent the day mostly playing at home and then headed to the beach in the afternoon...

One day last October, as I ran around between attending the various sessions of a podcasting conference and meeting up with my husband so...

Whenever it came to careers or book ideas or relationships, I used to lament the fact that I never seemed to be the first person to have...

I don’t know about you, but I STRUGGLE with making things happen. Perhaps we are never more acutely aware of this than during the season...

A couple weeks ago, I sat down in the living room waiting to watch an episode of one of my favorite shows, which may or may not have the...

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller's Day Off Wow, I can’t...

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise." - Les Misérables I’ve been in Paris for 11 days now, and I’m finally writing for...

I once had a counseling professor who told our class, “The way you do anything is the way you do everything.” For the most part, I have...

I wanted to write a letter to my Twenties, explaining how “it’s not you; it’s me.” I wanted to give this fabulous decade of my life some...

I'm turning 30 in a month and two days, and I can hardly believe it. It feels like this past decade has flown by. Having spent years...

At an event at The Museum of Broken Relationships tonight, I asked the artist Morley (whose work is featured in the image for this post)...

Day 15 of 15: "Woke up in London yesterday, found myself in the city near Piccadilly, don't really know how I got here, I got some...

Day 14 of 15: London, you are just full of surprises. Today, the most delightful one was my delicious dinner at Dishoom. (Thank you to my...

Hope it wasn't disappointed it was me. Originally, my plan was to visit London and Dublin with a good friend. When she sadly wasn't able...

Day 10 of 15: After breakfast yesterday, I rested for a bit and then made a visit to the Dublin Writers Museum. Afterward, I attempted to...

Day 9 of 15: Technically this happened yesterday, but I strolled the streets of the Temple Bar district in Dublin and even saw The Temple...

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix For a research class I'm in this...

Last year at this time, I was browsing the Internet to find the best ideas for setting (and sticking to) New Year’s resolutions. I saw...