Kefalonia was a hidden gem among gems: Cheap prices for luxurious hotels overlooking mountains and the sea, tons of restaurants with authentic Greek cuisine, and did I say endless beaches? No jacked-up tourist prices in sight. What was the catch?
… More Kefalonia, Greece: An Assassin’s Creed-inspired Honeymoon
I couldn’t believe how people lived here so… casually. Completely desensitized to having the Rockies in your backyard. … More Misty Mountains
Gen Z TikTokers tell me that the moment I turn 30 my skin will sag and my hair will turn white – that I might as well put on a wizard’s hat and call myself Gandalf. … More Dazed thoughts from a blurry year
There was always one game that made my palms sweaty every time we’d take it out of the box. The one game that I could never quite beat, that made my pulse pang as I rolled the die that decided my fate. … More Snakes and Ladders
When we said goodbye after a fleeting vacation romance and headed to opposite sides of the world in 2013, who knew we’d someday return to become husband and wife. … More Cuba 2020: Long-distance lovers become husband and wife
My first home in Toronto was a friend’s temporarily unoccupied apartment in the heart of Greektown and in the bowels of a residential home in 2016. The basement had ceilings a foot higher than my widow’s peak, and windows that bore no light but the sound of dragging feet as they passed by to dump … More Buying a home in Toronto ~
We planned to drink Pina Coladas by the poolside, lie on the beach until our wintry skin turned two shades darker, and swim in the turquoise ocean for a blissful week of post-midterm relaxation. I had no idea I was about to meet El Amor de mi Vida. … More I am marrying Mr. Fedora
Leeds was more than just your average semester (a)broad. I never really sat down to write about my time in Leeds because it was such a vital part of my adolescence that I didn’t want to rush through. It deserved hours of my attention, scavenging through memories that I could manifest into stories. Indeed, I … More A Love Affair With Leeds, Five Years Later
If you need a refresher since I left you hanging on the proverbial cliff for two months, here is part 1. So. Where were we? Ah, si — Disgusted from the disturbance of a stranger’s phantom touch in our home. Angry at the broken window that would make us trade our beach day for a … More The Robbery of Roncon, Part 2
I couldn’t move, no matter how much I wanted to punch a wall, wail out in misery, and hug my family simultaneously. … More The Robbery of Roncon, Part 1
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