One of the things that I've kept wanting to do but, for some reason, haven't been doing is take cooking classes. I love to cook and at home am always whipping up something or another for dinner, so the thought of learning to cook the...
I can see why so many people make Chiang Mai, Thailand their home base. It's both quaint and big. East and West. The kind of place you can get $1 dinners at the market or satisfy any home food craving for burgers or pizza or...
This is an embarrassingly bad food recap post. Because I didn't really eat much authentic Laos food while I was traveling the county. I ate a majority of my meals drunk at the hostel. Or was so drunk after a day on the river in Vang...
If you want a taste of what it sounded like to be in Vang Vieng, Laos, listen to these songs. And then repeat. Over and over again. For two weeks...
On the day after my birthday I did nothing. Literally, nothing. I sat down in the morning in a booth of the hostel restaurant with my computer and didn't leave for maybe 8 hours. Finally I left and got Gus, played a futile game of...
I arrived back in Vang Vieng sometime the next afternoon. The hostel I was staying at before had nothing free, but the guy offered to let me stay in a bed with Andy… (seriously, what does this say about me???) I was tempted to take...
I don't normally post about my dreams. But, if you can tell, I've been in a bit of a weird funk lately. One that had me crying a lot more at random times, in random bars, at random episodes of Friends. One that had me...
I thought I needed to get away. I thought I needed to stop sleeping with someone 10 years younger than me. I thought I needed to travel on my own again. I thought I needed to keep going with my plan. I thought I needed to do something more...
In retrospect: showing a guy the condom that you keep in your purse and telling him that you have your own room may send a strong signal. Like that he should ask if he should come upstairs before he even kisses you. And that when you...