Ramblings and other philosophizing on life, as well as general lifestyle blog topics
Instagramming Palestine
My Instagram photos from a several day trips when visiting Palestine. Cities I visited in the West Bank include Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nablus and Hebron.
My travel history with beer—and a new craft beer for travelers!
If you ask me, beer and travel go hand-in-hand. From trips based around the hops & barley drink to those tourists that collect and try different beers from around the world, in most…
Berlin’s summer starts with MyFest — Kreuzberg’s best street festival
I just love this time of year in Berlin. This is the second year in a row I’ve had the chance to spend the month of May in Berlin, and I can confirm…
The Literary City: 10 Books Set in New York City
The number of books set in New York makes the city instantly recognizable to many readers, even if they’ve never set foot anywhere near Times Square.
An unusual thing to do in Las Vegas: the Harvest Festival
Every now and then I like to highlight interesting or unique festivals around the world. Today, Gail Drake introduces us to the annual Harvest Festival in Las Vegas. When you think of things to…
Have you lived your most amazing year?
It’s no surprise here that I love the idea of living one’s life to the fullest. I know travel isn’t necessarily for everyone, but there’s no question in my mind that my year…
How a children’s book inspired my wanderlust
If you couldn’t tell from my fairly philosophical (ie, rambling) posts of late, I was in serious need of some inspiration last week. So rather than my typical fail-safes of visiting museums or…
The basic questions we have to answer about ourselves
I just returned from the first day (yay beginnings!) of my newest German language course here in Berlin. To say I was nervous before this class started would be a severe understatement. Just…
