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Singapore. Okay, so maybe it’s nothing like the Big Apple, but it certainly is a big, bustling, jungle-hot Asian hub city. Shimmering panes of glass and steel. Movement. Commerce. Growth. Innovation. Surprisingly lush and green. Hovering just a few miles north of the Equator, Singapore is the only metropolis in the world to not only […]

Little-known fact: England is more than just London. In fact, the best bits of the country can be found beyond Westminster, Big Ben, bobbies and black cabs. England’s got charisma, hospitality, and more nuanced accents than you can shake a stick at. It’s a gem of a country that I’m proud to call my second […]

In a city devoid of catalytic converters, car exhaust forms a perpetual brown fog over the crumbling expanse of Kathmandu. This is truly the city that never sleeps. At all hours rickshaws squeak their makeshift pop bottle horns, rusted-out taxi cabs wail, and Nepali people bellow, laugh and bustle through manic, sardine-packed streets. Kathmandu is […]

In honor of Birth Week, I’m gonna get a little indulgent. I booked an hour-long massage. I’m having sushi and fancy cocktails with my closest ladies.  I envision a pontoon ride with a red Solo cup of Apricot Wheat Ale. And I think I see a pedicure in my crystal ball, too. I seldom pamper […]

I’m a girl who’d never seen real mountains before, apart from the hazy desert molehills of Arizona. In October 2010, I set foot in Nepal with a 52-liter Granite Gear pack, hand-in-hand with my dear boyfriend and traveling companion. Life has never been the same. Three weeks of arduous trekking, two bouts of food poisoning […]