Archive for the ‘My Great Adventure of 2009’ Category
This Thursday marks another Thanksgiving. I am getting ready for a friends-family Thanksgiving for which I am making Bacon wrapped dates stuffed with goat cheese, a garlic roasted kale and an apple pie. Did you know that I have never really made a pie before? I’ve made pumpkin pies (which, if you can’t make pumpkin [...]
I’ve never been more excited for fall than I have this year. Cooler weather, changing leaves, pumpkins and root vegetables, warm spices, soups, rich colors, cute fall sweaters, boots, scarves and light fall jackets. Fall has always been one of my favorite seasons but it has always been followed up by a New England winter [...]
August 17, 2009 is the day that I left for Europe and completely upended my entire life. I had quit my job, subletted my apartment and sold my things so I could take on a life of spontaneity, a life of up-in-the-air. It’s been a wonderful year. Looking over pictures to put in my vlog [...]
It’s Friday the 13th! Which means absolutely nothing to me since I’m not superstitious (Nope. Not at all!) and nothing bad has ever happened on Friday the 13ths. At least not for me! There is something special about August 13th for me. Or at least August 14th. Tomorrow will mark the one year anniversary of [...]
Oh, Europe. How I miss you. One of the best things I started doing midway through my trip was taking videos. I wish I had done more of that while in other countries but I’m glad I got started in Amsterdam and continued through Spain, Morocco and Paris. I have these wonderful little snippets of [...]
I have a closet full of shoes that I can wear on most any occasion. I think every girl should have at least a few pairs of heels, at least one pair of running/hiking shoes, a nice pair of flats and at least one ridiculous pair of shoes that you just had to have, even [...]
The week before I left for Europe last year I was standing in my friend’s apartment chatting with her roommate, a girl I’ve known since I was in grade school, and she asked me what my travel anthem was. I didn’t have one, was my response. She told me I’d figure it out. That when [...]
As most of you know, I traveled Europe for three months on my own last fall. I left August 17th and returned November 22nd. I had to make my own decisions. There was no one else that was going to make sure I ate dinner, that I got a place to stay, that I arrived safely to my destinations on time. It was only me.
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to go shopping. To truly go shopping the way I like to. Being unemployed unfortunately has not allowed me to use my credit card freely, although from the looks of my music collection you might think otherwise. I have a list of things I want to buy [...]
It’s time again to take a look back through my archives and pull out a post from my past. This week marks the one year anniversary of taking my life into my own hands and making big decisions. On June 12, 2009 I sat in my apartment on the Upper East Side and purchased a [...]
