Hanging with locals when traveling will always make a more unique and usually more fun experience. Why? Honestly, because they can make your experience more authentic, especially if you’re traveling to a foreign country. When you show up somewhere, it’s…
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Last year, Cocoa Laney, a photographer working towards her MFA in Florence, Italy, took a trip that took a turn for the worst: Her boyfriend broke up with her in airport security, she nearly died in Cinque Terre, Italy, she…
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There are a lot of people out there who dream of a trip that they believe is unattainable. “One day I’ll visit Italy before I die,” or “My dream is to visit the country my family is from.” Traveling can…
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There’s something about getting out into the world that changes you. It’s hard to hold onto bigotry or ego when you’re experiencing new people and finding yourself just a small speck in the world. I feel like with every trip…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! Thank you, a million times for supporting me here, for commenting, for sharing my stories and yours, showing up, and being a part of this weird journey with me. YOU ARE THE BEST AND I CANNOT…
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Ever since college, I just kind of assumed that if I ever got married (which I never really believed that I would) that my husband would be foreign. I mostly thought he’d be British or Irish or from some other…
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If you’re gonna have a holiday get together (and you should) then you don’t want to miss a chance to sip (or chug) some delicious Vin Brule. If you’ve been to Florence in the winter, there’s a chance you stumbled…
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Alixann has been my wedding photographer twice. Francesco is my first and only husband (so far, just keep putting your socks in the wrong laundry basket, buddy), but we’ve been married three times total. Once in a courthouse, five days…
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Hello everyone! I’ve been shakin’ things up lately with a design update, a new store, and now, a fancy new podcast called Bad Travel, available on Soundcloud (and soon on iTunes). Bad Travel explores wanderlust in a new light, the…
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Recently, my friend Cynthia and I went to NYC for the Writer’s Digest Conference at the Hilton in Midtown.