Blog Archives for tag America
Ah, kids today. They don’t know the meaning of ‘play’! Seriously.
Photo by JBColorado. I loved the article “Do you know where your children are? Is that always a good thing?”… Continue reading »
OMG, I have so much stuff! Or, Things a Former Nomad-Turned-Suburbanite Freaks Out About
Before I left Central America and moved to Las Vegas, everything I owned fit into a backpack and a handful… Continue reading »
Neurotic New York or Nice New Orleans: Which US City Suits You Best?
I fell in love with Orlando during my sophomore year in college. Warm, exotic and full of Latin charm, our… Continue reading »
20 Things I love About America
There’s a lot not to like about America (I’d say superficiality and ignorance probably top my list). But after reading… Continue reading »
Weirded Out in Santa Cruz
I’m visiting my brother in Santa Cruz, California for the weekend and was reminded today about just how insane this… Continue reading »
Bilingual and Running for Election? Shhh! Better not tell anyone…
While catching up on my NPR podcasts this afternoon, I came across “Bilingualism A Political Liability?” from NPR’s All Things Considered…. Continue reading »
How Do You Define ‘Home’ When You Live Out of a Suitcase?
Finish this sentence: Home is… For me that answer isn’t an easy one. I was born and raised in Hawaii,… Continue reading »
Future Travel Plans: Montana or Arizona?
I found a ticket from Las Vegas to Phoenix, Arizona for just 26 dollars (round-trip!) and another plane ticket from… Continue reading »
Halloween in Sin City
My friend recently joked that unlike guys, girls have it easy when it comes to choosing a Halloween costume. “Girls… Continue reading »
Raising Risk-Takers
While reading on the beach this morning (I’m back in California for the weekend) I spotted a two-year-old girl running towards the… Continue reading »
Help! I Was Born in the Wrong Country!
”The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are… Continue reading »
Which Country Best Matches Your Personality?
Since the beginning of mankind, people have packed up and moved to avoid famine, warfare, religious persecution or (these days anyway) tanking housing… Continue reading »
Dear America, Stop Trying to Change Us! Love, an Introvert
“If you could chose three adjectives to describe yourself, which ones would you chose and why?” Ah, a tired, clichéd… Continue reading »
Homeward (Re)Bound
I Live in a Dollhouse by Himitsu Photo Source “You can never go home again, but the truth is you… Continue reading »
If I Don’t Find a Job in Hawaii…
I guess I could always try to make a living as a treasure hunter… I’ve been in Hawaii for six… Continue reading »
No One Ever Died of Boredom…Right?
I’ll be flying back to the US in four days. And I’m afraid. But not for the reasons you’d think. … Continue reading »
Aloha from Hawaii
Waikiki Beach from Helicopter, Oahu, Hawaii by Cosmic_Kid99 Right now I’m sitting on the balcony of my parent’s Waikiki condo… Continue reading »
America, I Love you but…
“Travel is like adultery: one is always tempted to be unfaithful to one’s own country. To have imagination is inevitably… Continue reading »
The Patriotic Tattoo
This past 4th of July (America’s Independence Day) I met a man who’d had his telephone area code tattooed to… Continue reading »
Alice in Americaland
Alice in Wonderland by Annie Leibovitz “The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it… Continue reading »
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