Tag: wanderlust

  • What are You Doing with Your Life?

      Driving into work today, I was listening to a brilliant podcast, Song Exploder. So here I am, breezing down the freeway, looking at the cool, low-hung clouds in a truly unusual foggy Arizona sky, and completely engrossed in Episode 92. The podcast’s founder, Hrishikesh Hirway, gives the stage to the artist at hand, and…

  • Mexico City Arrival

    Mexico City Arrival

    Mexico City greeted us with warm air and the smell of a complex, burgeoning city. A smell familiar to all big cities the past 100 years, gasoline and asphalt. It’s a welcomed smell to many travelers, like a beacon signaling you’re surrounded by the energy and adventure of a major, metropolitan area. The smell is…

  • Ten Years Later: The Difference between “You” and “Ubuntu”

    Ten Years Later: The Difference between “You” and “Ubuntu”

    Ten years ago I went on the trip of my life. I was insistent this wasn’t going to be the case. Not only was I a young woman who had already seen the world, but no singular trip could change who I already was. I have to say, it’s been only been recently I’ve come…