March 25, 2020
Antarctica
My mother inspired our trip to Antarctica. At 72, she’d visited six of the seven continents and had only one more left to go—Antarctica. My brother and I weren’t about to let Mom go on this adventure of a lifetime alone; so we joined her that January of 2010. On the ten year anniversary, it seems a fitting time to revisit that moment in time.
March 30, 2020
Thailand
There are so many things to love about Thailand! One of my favorites is the melodic Thai greeting, “Sawasdee Ka,” pronounced sah-wah-dee-khaa. To get it right, I draw out the khaa like the last note of a favorite song. Then I fold my hands in front of me, as though praying, and bow.
March 23, 2021
Macau
I confess I’d never heard of Macau until six months before I arrived, in 2019. I told a friend that I’d be visiting Hong Kong and she exclaimed, “Macau is a just a ferry ride away. You have to go.” The former Portuguese colony, just a stone’s throw from mainland China, with its mix of European architecture and Portuguese restaurants turned out to be the highlight of my trip.
September 1, 2021
Buenos Aires & Ushuaia
I didn't know what to expect when I landed in Buenos Aires on a blistering day in 2010. It was January and a suffocatingly hot summer in the Southern hemisphere. I had just flown in from the Triple Frontier, the northern part of Argentina that borders Brazil and Paraguay.
September 1, 2021
Shanghai & Zhouzhuang
In 2006, and I was dying to visit China for the first time. When I overheard two friends discussing their upcoming trip to Shanghai, I jumped at the chance to join them. With less than a week to secure my visa from the Chinese embassy, and a tentative standby slot on my friends’ flight, the trip was meant to be as both came through just in time.