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You walk down to el centro and if you squint, it might be Madrid. Men in suits are the norm and even the teenage boys are wearing European style pencil jeans. We stayed in La Candelaria which is the historic district downtown and the only place in Bogotá with that classic colonial architecture. Part backpacker [...]

It’s our first time traveling with an infant after almost two years of full time travel and it’s been unexpected. I know many travelers are of the decidedly childless sort, so I won’t bore you with the minutiae of a five-month-old’s daily life, but it has been fascinating to explore how this changes the way [...]

Every great trip should begin with a series of minor catastrophes. If there isn’t already a proverb about this there should be. We began ours by missing our flight, spending a day in the Portland airport, overheating our baby in the NYC humidity, missing a meeting with friends, canceling our dinner at the famous WD-50, [...]

I gave two boxes of clothes to Goodwill.  I sold my TV.  I dragged the free couch and sofa we got off of Craigslist to the curb and re-gifted it to the world (it was gone within the hour).  Room by room, I’ve been clearing away the belongings you collect when you settle somewhere long [...]

It’s finally dawning on me.  When I leave in three weeks, I will have a backpack, film and photography gear, a computer, two dogs and a baby.  A freaking baby. I have no idea how this is going to turn out. Our plan is to do a long road trip from Oregon, camping our way [...]

The baby is here!  Thanks to everyone who has helped out in the past few weeks, especially those guest posters.  I’ll continue to be on semi-maternity leave over the next few weeks, but I wanted to share the good news and my birth story (for those interested).  Cheers!  Christine Cole Isaac Gilbert Born: 3/5/10 9:50 [...]

I’m writing this at 3 AM, wondering why no one warns you that you begin to lose sleep months before the baby comes. The waiting is almost over though, as I’m just two weeks away from my due date. I just got my latest “No baby yet?” email (everyone has been asking me this), so [...]

There was a time when the scariest thing I could think of doing was quitting my job and taking off overseas with just a laptop and a vague plan of becoming a writer. Now I’m maybe 6 weeks away (maybe more, depends on which due date you believe) from meeting this baby and changing everything [...]

We just returned from two weeks in Maui to find Bend, OR covered in freezing fog– a weather condition I never knew existed.  It gives everything that perfect crystaline appearance, it’s so beautiful you feel like you’re in a holiday card from the 1950s. And already the New Year is upon us.  Last year I [...]

We were having dinner with Ian, one of the owners of Ka’ana, a luxury spa resort in the Cayo District of Belize. He was talking about his vision of transforming not only the food, but every detail—to the tours offered (more culture, less glitz), to food sourcing (think local), to community involvement (replanting an important [...]