
I’m a sad person holding a fork
What is it about having future plans for travel adventure that makes all the difference in how I feel about today? There’s a drawing that shows up on my computer’s desktop, in rotation with others I’ve kept because they make…

Blue times at Machu Picchu
When your family is going through rough times like mine is, you read into everything each person says, because there’s so much being left unsaid. Shortly before Todd and I left for Peru, I visited my family in New York….
We interrupt these global tales to bring you a story about Ohio
Biggest basket, really more just a building though| Photo by Lauren Girardin Miss us? Blame some intense family time, the social insanity that is San Francisco in August, and the pressure of of searching for a job during a recession…
Here’s to the extended tribe and baked ziti on Long Island
Our trip becomes a geography lesson | Photo by Lauren Girardin On the day of our departure from the U.S., for the international leg of our round-the-world trip, I spent part of the day watching my friend Sheri sort through…