Me, the adventurer.
My mom signed me up for ballet when I was in kindergarten. I was one of those pink-loving, frilly dress-wearing, Barbie-playing girly-girls. I honestly believed that “Disney princess” was an acceptable and noble career aspiration (Snow White seemed like the… Read More ›
I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve stumbled upon personal finance inspiration through born-again/salesman Dave Ramsey. Embarrassed because I can’t help feeling that Dave Ramsey is the Dr. Phil of finance and he’s just one of those overly suave politician-used-car salesman… Read More ›
In the past, my makeup routine has consisted mostly of wearing pharmacy quality eyeliner about once a month. On extra special occasions, I apply lipstick from one of those tiny gift-bag giveaway lipstick tubes that department stores give people when… Read More ›
I’ve always been intrigued by Tai-Chi. I saw it being practiced for the first time at a park in Beijing by a group of mostly octogenarian men and I found it very beautiful and graceful. And it looked so easy…slow… Read More ›
First of all, this is me: A few weeks ago on a boring, lonesome Friday night, I decided to order one of those test-at-home mail-in DNA tests. Well, this morning I got the results. Any guesses on what I might… Read More ›
If, like me, you strongly dislike food and fitness blogs, I advise you to stop reading this blog for the next two weeks because that’s pretty much all I’m going to be writing about. I’m on a mission and I take… Read More ›
As you may know, I just started my pre-Colombian boot camp yesterday. A friend suggested the Insanity workout program for weight loss, and, as it turns out, another friend of mine bought the DVDs a while ago and told me I could borrow… Read More ›
Just kidding. I ran a 5K. The Turkey Trot, to be exact. But it felt like a marathon. I’ve talked about doing a 5K for years. I signed up for the Centreville Turkey Trot about a month ago but didn’t… Read More ›
As I mentioned in my last post, I find the idea of hiking the Appalachian Trail to be a very romantic, character-building notion. I’m intrigued. In an ideal world of puffy white clouds, rainbows and butterflies (and a world in… Read More ›
When I first started blogging again back in February, I got a total of 171 hits the first month. The next month I got 350, then 1,400, then 6,900 then nearly 10,000. Things were looking good for my blog. Up until… Read More ›
In continuation of the Me, Me, Me theme that has dominated this month’s blog entries, I’ve decided to update my loyal readers yet again on the status of my life. This has been a weird month. Lots of changes and transitions and… Read More ›
Our microwave has been acting up lately (it’s like a lightning storm in there) so we called the microwave repairman to remedy the situation. Have you tried living without a microwave? It sucks. Anyway, Mr. Microwave Repairman was supposed to… Read More ›
My nomad days are over and my blog needs a new name. Any ideas?
Last night I met some friends for happy hour at Matchbox in the relatively new Mosaic District in the Fairfax/Falls Church/Merrifield area. The original plan was to watch The Great Gatsby afterwards but this didn’t exactly pan out. I haven’t been able to pinpoint… Read More ›
So I’ve been on this dating website for about a week now. I made some slight changes to my profile after consulting with a few friends who said 1.) My pictures were too emo and not very flattering and 2.)… Read More ›
I’ve been exploring this whole happy hour concept a lot lately so I figured I should start reviewing some of the places I’ve been to. And if anybody wants to join me some time for some investigative happy hour journalism,… Read More ›
So I am now definitely, unequivocally single and It’s time for me to delve into something I’ve never explored before: Dating in the D.C area. I left the leafy suburbs of northern Virginia for the higher (more polluted) altitudes of… Read More ›
I have two goals for this week: 1.) Make my bed every morning 2.) Get to work five minutes early every day. I have noticed that although I have an ability to pick things up and tidy up (as mediocre… Read More ›
I’ve never been much of a joiner, mostly because I didn’t particularly enjoy group activities or being around a lot of people. However, now at the ripe old age of 28, I find that I actually like being around people…. Read More ›
For my multicultural counseling class, one of our assignments is to, I quote, choose a specific cultural group and get involved in some way or with a specific activity within a group. We are supposed to choose something that pushes… Read More ›
My (Former) Nomad Life 