by Eliz | Jun 8, 2015 | Musings
I’ve found that in the lifestyle and travel press, discussion topics typically steer towards the importance of “escaping the ordinary” rather than the importance of traveling with the right mindset. In my opinion, the reason we don’t talk about “packing a positive...
by Eliz | May 29, 2015 | Musings
As many of you know, despite having a travel blog I am not a global nomad. I often feel like a rare beast in the field of travel blogging (a unicorn on the grassy tundra, if you will), since I have a busy full-time job as a Media Manager on a global beauty brand in...
by Eliz | May 11, 2015 | Musings
I don’t typically post multiple times during the week, but I just read an opinion piece by one of my favorite travel guides – Rick Steves – that really spoke to me. Despite his hundreds of thousands of Facebook fans, Rick received a negative comment on one of his...
by Eliz | Apr 27, 2015 | Musings, Planning & Budgeting, Tales From The Road
Adventure is what you make of it. I live in the Long Island City neighborhood of New York City, which is considered very “up and coming.” Right now it’s clear that the area has a gritty past that it’s slowly trying to forget. There are a lot of warehouse...
by Eliz | Apr 5, 2015 | Musings, Planning & Budgeting
Occasionally, things just work out. You have fate in your favor. It’s pretty cool when it happens, actually. You get this sixth sense that all of the planets are aligning, and the opportunity falling into your lap is meant to be. For me, all of the planets came...
by Eliz | Mar 3, 2015 | Musings
“Do you like that book?” asked a kind-faced brunette about my age standing next to me in the coffee lobby – I mean – at my local Midtown Starbucks counter. I looked up at her quickly from the paragraph I was reading, surprised someone was talking to me at all....
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