So you wanna be an Airbnb superhost?
Hi! Long time no see. Just popping in with some exciting news: I’ve launched a new venture helping out aspiring Airbnb hosts. Yep – after more than 10 years of […]
Grow, Cash, grow
I know why everyone tells you to get another dog when you lose one. It’s not a replacement. It’s not anything like a replacement. It’s that your heart has all […]
Our good girl
My girl, my good, good girl. The piece missing from my heart, the empty place in my soul, the shattering emptiness in this house, the place on the couch still […]
You may find yourself in a beautiful house
You may tell yourself / this is not my beautiful house Buying a house because I fell in love with it may not be the best reason to be sitting […]
Five Thanksgivings, eight countries, no Lions
This will be the first Thanksgiving in six years that we haven’t left the country. Not that I have anything against this country (well, actually, now that you mention it […]
One year ago I won the lottery.
One year ago I won the lottery. Ok, not really, but it felt like it. Juggling a full-time job I just wasn’t into with an ever-growing load of freelance writing […]
A word is worth a thousand pictures: Why my Instagram (and Facebook and Twitter) are going dark on my next trip
When did I start needing my friends at home to tell me I’m having a good time on vacation? Travel changed for the worse when I tucked a brand new […]
Joining the pizzarazzi
We have paparazzi here in these United States (you know, for reality TV ‘stars’ and sports figures and such), but remember, it’s an Italian word. Here’s a new word: Pizzarazzi. […]
Vernon Lee, will you haunt me?
What does haunting mean? Can it be the words of a writer a hundred years ago who expresses so beautifully the thoughts you hold yourself? The passionate feeling for places […]
Maybe I don’t want to live in Paris
I want to live in Paris. This is my dream; has been for years. I feel incomplete, like a limb, or at least a major digit, is missing when a […]
