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…
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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…
Good Intentions, Bad Habits & Mondays
I spent last weekend in Napa with friends. It was a great weekend. Relaxed and full of laughs and great wine. Sparkling, Pinot Noir, and Zinfandel. It was the kind of weekend that can be really hard to shake off when it comes time to get back to work or when Monday morning rolls around….
Are You Curious to a Fault? Quiz Yourself to Find Out
Yesterday while driving around at lunch time, I caught the tail end of the midday radio show Think, by Krys Boyd on Dallas’ public radio station, it was about novelty and our propensit as individuals to either seek novelty (neophiles or neophiliacs, on the extreme end!) or to shun it (neophobes). “Novelty-seeking is one of…
On My Bedside Table
Below are a few books I’ve read recently* over the last few months. They’re not new releases, but they’re definitely worth checking out. If you’re traveling soon and need some inflight reading, look no further. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel, by Rolf Potts This is one of the best…
Make Your Own Magic! Says Shel Silverstein
Today I’m waxing nostalgic, and the subject is Shel Silverstein. In preparation for my nephew’s 6th birthday, I made a stop at the bookstore to revisit the classic, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and to weigh whether it was the right time to introduce him to the unique world of Shel Silverstein… After finding myself nestled on…
Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
I’ve thought a lot about this quote as I pared down my belongings and rented out my house… I love to wander, whether it’s along a trail surrounded by old growth trees or through the streets of a new city. I do my fair share of planning for a visit to any new city, but…
Parring Down & Pulling Up Roots
Today is my last full day in my house. When I wake up tomorrow morning, I’ll be doing last minute cleaning and packing in preparation for the movers to arrive. Then, I’ll meet up with my new tenants and hand over the keys. It still feels a little unreal, but I’ve been thinking about making…
4 Places to Seek New Experiences
I tend to get a stir crazy pretty easily and need to seek out new adventures every so often. Right now this urge is worse than normal. I’m feeling the urge to mix things up big time. Normally, I would just book a trip somewhere. And, I did that…. I’m headed to San Francisco for…
