Rovinj is the medieval storybook port town of your dreams. Shiny white stone streets spiraling up the hillsides in odd, often impossible-seeming pathways, claustrophobic lanes crisscrossed with drying laundry…
My highschool social studies project predicted the Yugoslavian civil war (known here as the Homeland War – Domovinski rat). And my college roommate was an ethnic Albanian from what…
I’ve been here before. The tiny bars lining the pedestrian allies of the gothic quarter off La Rambla were a revelation. The food, the people, enchanting. And did…
California/ Destinations/ North America/ Travel/ United States
Joshua Tree and the Yucca Men: Exploring the Mojave Desert
I honestly didn’t know what to expect, setting out on the several hour drive into the Mojave desert from LA. My only real association with Joshua Tree was…
Australia/ Destinations/ Food Porn/ Oceania/ Travel
Melbourne: diverse, affordable, laid back, great food for cheap.
I really felt at home in Melbourne. It’s the kind of place I could easily see myself living long term. It’s everything that you could want in a…
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The Willows Restaurant – Lummi Island – November 4, 2018
The experience of a place. At a certain moment. At a certain time. To celebrate the objects around you and see their perfection. Their uniqueness. Their connection to…
We only had a few days in Sydney but I feel like we got to explore the Central Business District fairly well. Sydney has the same broad multiculturalism…
Destinations/ North America/ Travel/ United States/ Washington
Hiking the Ozette Triangle: the rugged beauty of pacific northwest beaches.
Before I moved to Seattle, I would see pictures of pacific northwest beaches and swoon with how magical and amazing they looked. Rocky shores with tiny islands peppered…
Destinations/ England/ Travel/ Western Europe
The UK countryside. Wareham, Corfe Castle, tanks, and monkeys.
When we asked Katy’s step-son Brendan if he could choose any place in the world to visit, being a Russian history major, and barring Moscow, he chose the…
Destinations/ North America/ Oregon/ Travel/ United States
The Oregon Country Fair. If I knew the way I would take you home.
[All photos from the 2018 Oregon Country Fair] The first time I went to the Oregon Country Fair was in 1997. I was living in a car,…