I've always been a planner. Lists and schedules, color-coded planners and journaling - these things make me happy. It's no surprise then...

There are some cities that I go to and instantly fall in love with. There are others that grow on me over the time that I'm there....

Flint’s economic history is not unique. A once booming, middle-class city riding on the waves of Chevy and Buick car production was left...

I have a strange love for public transportation. Especially public trains. I grew up in a small town where public transportation isn't a...

It all started as a joke. My team of 6 was sitting around our office conference table discussing our upcoming trip to Chicago for the...

September 2013 For one of my classes this semester we have to do weekly free writing exercises. This week's was on a place that holds...

April 2015 Okay, quick break from DC and flashback to NYC. For Christmas this year, tucked at the bottom of a little box of Lion King...

August 2015 I couldn't resist. As many of you may know, last Friday was a blue moon. A blue moon is when a full moon occurs twice in the...

July 2015 Warning: cute cats ahead. Yes, this is a real thing – and for my fellow cat lovers, perhaps the best thing in the world. In...

July 2015 We did it! What blogs and DC area news articles brandished as the great challenge of the capitol, we found a spot at the...

May 2015 This is probably a story I shouldn’t be sharing for my own embarrassment’s sake, but someday I’ll be able to look back and laugh...

May 2015 A couple of weeks ago now I attended the birthday dinner of a friend of a friend up in Baltimore. It was my first time being in...

May 2015 Hi all. My semester is finally over and it's summer once again, so hopefully I can get back to the blog life. I got an...

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May 2014 I am home now after my two and a half week trip to Israel. I am, admittedly, happy to be home and to see my family. But I can't...

May 2014 Last Saturday some of my group members and I booked a tour through our hotel to Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee, and Tiberias/the...

Last night we had dinner in the Nalag’at Center for the Blind and Deaf in Tel Aviv. We went with a group of students from the IDC who are...

May 2014 On Thursday we took a trip to Masada and the Dead Sea. Masada and the Dead Sea are located in the Southern part of Israel. But...

May 2014 During our time in Israel, my group and I have managed to pick up some of the basic Hebrew words that we use on a regular basis,...

May 2014 Yesterday was Lag BaOmer here in Israel. Lag BaOmer is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer,...