Adult gymnastics classes at New York’s Chelsea Piers? Watch out, Flying Squirrel, there’s a new…uh… squirrel in town. Yeah.
Cartwheels & Nausea at Chelsea Piers
Bali for Beginners, Part Two
Day # 10,654 1/2: My favorite aspect of Balinese Hinduism is the strong belief in karma, which is why the terrorist attacks that occurred in Bali in 2002 and 2005 (violent Islamist groups set off several bombs in tourist areas, killing hundreds) were even more of a shock to the locals- they just couldn’t imagine why […]
Bali for Beginners, Part One
Day #10,654: On our first full day in Ubud, the central mountain village of Bali, we hired a driver to take us around the island. It’s really not as bougie as it sounds, promise. Because Balinese streets either don’t have names or have multiple different names, it’s kinda impossible to drive yourself around. Plus, it’d […]
The Lady Takes to the Air
Flying terrifies me. Nothing about it feels like something that should be humanly possible. I don’t like the idea that I’m hurtling through air, miles above solid ground. I really don’t like the idea that I have no control whatsoever over the journey. And I reeeeally don’t like the idea that if anything goes wrong, […]
Under the Southern Cross
Day #10,338… (and kinda 39): The Outback. We could see it as we descended from our jostley flight across Australia: a huge expanse of brick-red peppered with silvery explosions of desert shrubs. Feeling like Adventurers in the truest sense of the word- due in no small part to surviving the flight… I always feel a […]
11 Things To Do Before I’m Old & Boring
A couple days ago I was perusing my Facebook feed and happened upon a picture of a friend of a friend summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro. It looked crazy amazing and more than a little bad-ass and reminded me that Mt. Kilimanjaro has been on my Bucket List for quite some time. I know for sure it’s […]
Swiss Miss, Part Funf: A Mild Case of “The Sundays”
Day #11,040: Like all last days of vacation, this one had a twinge of that Sunday Night feeling. When you start mentally prepping for a return to real life and making checklists and generally acting more serious than being on vacation should merit. To combat this, Mr. M & I went on a morning hike […]
Swiss Miss, Part Vier: View to a Thrill
Day #11,039 (Bernese Oberland, Switzerland): At 6:13am, I rolled over in bed and- only 25% awake and an hour shy of the alarm- realized there was a golden ray of sunshine stealing into the room. Oh. My. Gaw!!! I leapt out of bed, threw open the curtains (sadly for Mr. M, who would’ve been just as […]
Swiss Miss, Part Drei: The Fog Rolls In
Day #11,038: I woke up an hour and a half before the alarm because I was THAT excited to see the Matterhorn. I could feel sunshiney weather a-comin’ and just KNEW we’d see the peak. I threw open the curtains. Blinding fog. Like an angry old lady, I shook my fists skyward. Food has a […]
Swiss Miss, Part Zwei: The Matter…half
Day #11, 037: On our rail journey from Lucerne to Zermatt, Mr. M & I quickly learned that the miraculous efficiency of the Swiss transportation system meant we had to be equally competent in order to make our transfers. Trains are timed such that you have about 5 minutes before you miss the connection. We almost missed […]