This morning I was riding on the back of the vespa with my husband.  It’s 80 degrees out, I’m wearing a summer dress, tucked behind my knees as we ride, and my hair is loose under my helmet. I’ve gotten comfortable being on a vespa again, and sit relaxed behind Drew, holding my skirt around [...]

If you’ve ever wondered how Spaniards maintain their youthful figures, you need to look no further than the local Spanish mercado.  Most English speakers think mercado is the Spanish word for market.  It’s not.  It’s actually roughly translated to, “Store full of Jamon (ham) and a couple of other things”.  For lunch today we were [...]

Hello! I’m back, this time from the other side of the Atlantic. My husband and I (plus our two dogs) made it safely from Boston to Madrid last week. So far, I love the city. I don’t want to overstate it, but it is perhaps one of the best places I’ve [...]

Since we’ve announced that we’re leaving to our family and friends, it’s been a mad rush to connect with everyone before we go. Sometimes that means a lovely dinner together, or time spent socializing at our yard sale, but mostly it’s been going out for drinks at one of Boston’s many libation centers. [...]

This is part 5 of 5 on a series about my journey. Read the other parts here: Escapism: the Dirty Word that Keeps Us Doing What We Loathe, Making the Time and Money Connection, The New Career Shakedown, and Overcoming Internal Objections and Finding a Career You Love.

In previous installments, I wrote about labeling your [...]