It’s hard to know where to start when writing a single post about street food in Mexico City. From flautas, tamales, chicharrón, gorditas, quesadillas, tlacoyos, huaraches, panuchos, tlacoyos, huaraches to all manner of tacos and tortas. Whole books, blogs, Twitter and Instagram streams have been dedicated to cataloging the best of the best. And street vendors in Mexico City…
Stark Naked Adventure
This is a guest post by Heather Sinclair. She’s the grand prize winner of the Free Trip to San Francisco writing contest I hosted last year, and this is her winning essay. *** I’m having a proper adventure when I’m outside my comfort zone, sometimes in a place I’ve never been to, usually doing something…
Mountains to Tackle in 2014
On the heels of finishing paying off my mountain of law school debt in 2013, I’ve decided to make 2014 my year of tackling some of the other seemingly insurmountable mountains in my life. Literal and figurative mountains. Half Dome in Yosemite. The peaks around Lake Tahoe. Personal, physical, and maybe even mental mountains. When I…
Finishing Off 2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays and are excited for 2014! Confession: I love New Year’s Day and all the navel gazing that goes with it, and I always set New Year’s resolutions. Sure, it’s a arbitrary time to pick for making changes. So what! And lots of resolutions never happen. So what! Some…
Café de Olla | Coffee from the Pot
Despite the fact that Mexico is one of the largest coffee producing countries in the world, most of the coffee I drank there was pretty terrible. With a few notable exceptions. One of these happened on my first morning in Mexico City at a coffee shop called El Tercer Lugar near my hotel on Paseo…
Landing in Mexico City
Typically I’m an aisle seat kind of person. I like the freedom to be able to get up as many times as needed without having to bother anyone. The only other option is being a window person since no one actually wants a middle seat. Being small, I get a little fidgety if I’m trapped…
A New York City Photo Teaser
I have LOTS to share with you from my recent trip to New York City! As always seems to happen, I walked (and ate) much more than initially seemed possible, spent as much time as possible with good friends, and discovered a few new favorites that I can’t wait to share. More coming very soon. Until then, I…
17 Bay Area Bloggers & Their San Francisco Favorites
This is the post I wanted to read when I was visiting San Francisco as a tourist and in my early days of moving to the city. I wanted a list lesser-known spots (not Trip Advisor attractions) to explore from people who know this city well. I couldn’t find one, so I wrote it myself….
My Favorite Places in New York City
After years of visiting New York City as a tourist and a business traveler, I have a few favorite places I like to visit. It’s kind of a random list including places I stumbled upon, places that were recommended, and a mishmash of other spots. My NYC Favorites (NEW) Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 103 Orchard St,…
Bioluminescent Night Kayaking on Tomales Bay
While I’m a city girl at heart, one of the things I was most looking forward to when I moved to San Francisco was spending much more time outdoors, hiking and exploring the natural beauty of the Bay Area. This from the woman who until last week still didn’t even own a pair of hiking boots!…
