Beauty – Page 13

The Love Museum, The River of Life | Unpeeling in a New Place (& Salmon Spawning)

June 29, 2016June 29, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

On a rainy afternoon when you are standing in your galley kitchen with your new roommates, coworkers and friends (three in one), you can take the time to chat about pleasantries, or go over[…]

New Friends in the Rainforest | Pinching Myself

May 19, 2016May 19, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

On an utterly golden day in Alaska, confident with unthreatened sunshine, I sat with three friends in our gloriously green backyard and discussed the world as it came to us, topic by topic. Boys, religion,[…]

This Time Last Year | Prague

May 15, 2016May 19, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

May 16, 2015: My Dear Friends, Time is flying and I am writing from Prague. I will write a quick note in anticipation of tomorrow. At 10am I will be going to see a former[…]

This Time Last Year | Hello from Italia!

May 15, 2016May 15, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

May 1, 2015: Hello from Italia, My Friends! After drafts of this email, I still don’t know which way to start it. This is the official halfway mark of my trip (officially tonight at Midnight).[…]

A Small Town in a Rainforest and Moon Jellyfish | My First Day

April 28, 2016April 28, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

This will be the most unique Day One of any job I’ve had. To start, I’m the only person, and I mean the only person except for Claire to my right, not wearing a hoodie.[…]

7 Days in Ketchikan | Starting Over in Alaska

April 24, 2016May 15, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

The sun did not break through today and I did something new: I made hummus from scratch. Even the tahini (sesame seed) was scratch. It’s tasty but it doesn’t taste like humus. Last night[…]

My First Day in Europe | London

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

I’d heard about London my whole life. In college, a handful of my friends went there for a semester. Their profile pictures featured Big Ben. I’d heard about traveling around Europe, and imagined doing it[…]

Mountain Point Beach | Surprise Sighting!

April 21, 2016April 25, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

Today it just happened that I was reminded of Feist, and her music crescendoed perfectly with the events of this day. This morning I woke up at 6 and again at Noon. Oops. Last night[…]

Mystery Joy | Exploring Hamburg

November 9, 2015April 18, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

Today this weird clanging woke me up. Even though I woke up at 9am, I laid in bed (cardinal error) and slipped back into a doze. So I awoke (again) to this sound at 1pm[…]

Copenhagen | While You’re Deciding, Go to Denmark

November 5, 2015April 18, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

That’s What I Did. Nicole, an American Friend traveling, came to Hamburg. She arrived on the eve of our weekend in Scandinavia! Fresh off an interesting interview (the most interesting I’ve had), I am bobbing in[…]