Lives Lived
Gabrielle set her sights high and her bar higher. She craved the feeling/sense of accomplishment that came with professional accolades and she sacrificed too much to attain them for fear that if she did not continue her progress, she would be stripped of her legitimacy, left naked, exposed, and vulnerable in a climate she could…
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Up, up, and away
Exactly three months ago, I was sitting on a beach in St. Lucia pondering my wandering. It struck me that I was entering the final quarter of the game, or rather I was nearing the end of the time period I had allotted for this initial trip around the planet. With 2022 quickly approaching, I…
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On the road with the boys
My brother and I are 5.5 years apart in age. As adults, when people started asking which one of us was older upon meeting us, I felt like I was starting to win back some time lost to bickering and little brother taunts. Even though we spent much of childhood fighting to the death, we…
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Catch me on NBC
When I moved to LA in 2017, the last thing I thought about was “the industry.” I was moving there as a civilian, so-to-speak, a regular person on a comparatively mundane career path. In my early days in the city, I was having drinks at a bar with a friend along Melrose. While chatting with…
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España, corazón
Early January of 2006, a 20-year-old me stepped off of the longest solo journey of my life to begin a 6-month stint in Alicante, Spain. In some ways, I think I was much bolder and more courageous then. It was my third time beyond the borders of the U.S.; the first two times being school…
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Play it back
I was bothered recently by the lack of documentation I’ve done of my trips thus far. I’ve written a lot about my feelings, contemplative thoughts and ideas, but I don’t want to forget the individual moments and adventures that led to them, and I (really) don’t want to have to rely on social media for…
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Shifting Tides & Open Seas
When I decided on this current chapter of life I was filled with excitement. O how change can fuel me. That excitement propelled me into planning and o how satisfying planning and organizing can be. In my mind, once the journey/travel began, some of my perpetual anxiety would end or at least I’d put it…
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Wondering
When I first booked this trip to Hawaii, I could hardly imagine what August would bring on the world stage. It was an act floating on fresh fumes of hope and an eagerness to begin anew. It was February, nearly a full year after the beginning of this strange nightmare otherwise known as “COVID,” though…
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Hometown Rounds
Coming back to the DC area always feels a bit routine. Typically, each year I return twice – summer and around Christmas time for the holiday season. DC summers are hot and humid, but it’s crab season! If you haven’t eaten blue crab, you haven’t yet lived. Go ahead, tell me I’m exaggerating and I’ll…
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Wheels Up
It’s weird to think about now, but the first time the idea of moving to LA entered my mind was in high school. Amongst my ever-changing list of college aspirations, including NYU and Tulane, USC had appeared. I knew little about it at the time except that it was a large school with a lot…
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