It’s been a long winter. Just when it starts to feel interminable Mother Nature gives a glimpse of the promise of spring. Those days are to be savored like the sweet gift they are in Chicago. Recently on one such gift of a day I couldn’t wait to get outside for a walk. I was called to be near water so I headed for the river and one of my favorite green spaces, Ward (A. Montgomery) Park. I love the smaller scale and the view the park affords. It wasn’t until I started writing

Biking makes me feel most myself and when traveling it makes me feel at home wherever I am. One of my favorite pieces I’ve written for this blog is about how I fell in love with biking and the experience of biking in eight of the ten countries I lived in while on Remote Year (see A Sort of Homecoming ). If you told me back in 2018 on Remote Year that one day I would go on a biking trip with Mary, I wouldn't have believed you! Mary is Ohana: one of my constant companions th

Some people set resolutions each year. For the last few years I have focused on a word of the year (self proclaimed word nerd over...

My mom likes to say that I came into the world walking and then walked around the world. I came into this world feet first and three...

I had one full weekend in Medellín before heading home for the holidays and I was ready to make the most of it. I put my plans for...

THE OFFER Machu Picchu is on a lot of people’s bucket lists. Machu Picchu was never even on my radar. So when my friend Bijou reached out...

My month in Lima was one of my best months on RY (see This Must Be The Place). It was also my most adventurous month. I did a lot in Peru...