Thursday, September 3rd, 2015
Many of you know that I recently got off a 17-day adventure, sailing from the Maldives to Phuket on an 82’ catamaran as a member of the Original Delivery Crew for Coboat.
The trip was quite a thriller—you can read …
Friday, January 2nd, 2015
Not too long ago, I was visiting my new friend Christopher at his music studio, situated on the edge of the Northern California coast. After lunch his intern gave me a tour of the property, an artists’ collective, where I …
Friday, July 18th, 2014
One of the benefits of living as a nomad is that I get to stay in all manner of places. Usually these amazing abodes come to me word of mouth, which is how I came to live in a small …
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
As campers, we couldn’t have been luckier. We were the first expedition ship out this Antarctic season and the first boat to reach the continent. And then we got to camp on the continent – a rare treat!
Stunning Camp …
Monday, November 5th, 2012
If you know me, you know I love all things boats! I couldn’t wait for my sailing trip to the San Blas islands and checked out several sailboats heading that way.
As I did my research, a couple of things …
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
So if you’ve been following my posts for the last 2 weeks, you know I was visiting my friend Pirjo, who lives in Finnish Lapland. She lives in the town of Sodankylä, where her parents have a sweet summer cottage. …
Monday, August 13th, 2012
Twice in the last two weeks, I’ve spent a night on a jumbo jet – by choice! Just a short 5-minute bus ride away from Stockholm’s international airport is the world’s first airplane hostel called Jumbo Stay.
The first time …
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
Mabul, an hour boat ride from the northeastern Borneo coastline, is the closest island to the renowned dive spot Sipadan and the only place for divers to stay. Since you have to travel a good long way to get to …
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
The good new is this was the first time I’ve ever paid for a hotel room by the hour. The bad news is that I slept in a pod.
I had never slept in a pod before, so I was …
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
For 3 weeks I was in exile, in a self-imposed writer’s retreat. I had the first 2 chapters of my book due to agents at the beginning of March and so I sequestered myself to ensure I met the deadline.…