travel

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…

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…

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…

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…

Recently, my friend Cynthia and I went to NYC for the Writer’s Digest Conference at the Hilton in Midtown.

So, you’ve booked your trip to Italy and you’re super excited, right? But, then you remember you have to wear clothes and bring things and then you get stressed out and your brain implodes. I get it. Packing is my…

Like most European countries, Italy has a wonderful music scene welcoming international acts to cities such as Turin, Rome and Milan every week.

So, after a turbulent three-month battle with depression and anxiety, the clouds have parted, and I’m feeling GREAT. The meditation, vitamins, therapy, and very low dose of Gabapentin have been feeling more or less back to myself. Which is annoying…

7 Things I’d do differently if given the chance to go back in time and move to Italy all over again.

Staying in an agriturismo in Italy is a beautiful way to have a more authentic, eco-friendly experience.