My Writing
Fresh in Slovenia
A hard earned lesson from our time living in Spain is that travel with our family is a much more successful venture if it is active travel. As I said in my book, Tranquila, we are doers, not viewers. When we planned our most recent family trip (Slovenia,...
CDMX
Overheard on my flight from San Francisco to Mexico City, two men talking one row behind me: “If you and your lady want to sit next to each other, I can switch.” “Nah, man.” “Alright.” “We’re going to be together for ten days.” “So this is your time to chill…” “Yeah,...
There Are No Strangers Here
As I was walking home from my favorite pop-up bakery downtown, lost in thought, my brain somewhat registered a city minibus double parked on the street, the kind that transports elderly and people with special needs to appointments and shops. It was letting someone...
Unequivocally DC
Mae didn’t want to go to see the monuments. We just had a fun lunch in Georgetown with her cousins and aunt and uncle, all of whom she rarely gets to see, and they were staying in Georgetown to shop. Why would she want to leave that and go visit monuments in DC? To...
Where Everybody Knows Your Name
My impartial review of the best and my most favorite breakfast cafe. It’s a little bit of a love song with some fair criticism sprinkled in. But mostly it’s an ode to connection. Because for so long, connection was lost. Thank you to Covid, anyone who was used...