Sometimes I wonder if my life is blessed with extra weirdness or if I just appreciate weirdness more than most people. I love how most of us are strange-pretending-to-be-normal and when we can’t keep it in any longer the strange just oozes out around the edges. Here are a few things that made me laugh…
You know that saying “There’s no one you couldn’t love once you’ve heard their story”? I call bullshit on that. There are plenty of people I dislike just fine after hearing their stories. Mostly though, when we take the time to learn someone’s history we open ourselves up to being touched by it. In Roland’s…
Need a restaurant recommendation? An architect’s opinion? An artistic eye? A friendly welcome to the area? A taco party? Renewed faith in love? Then John and Nico are your guys. Getting to know these new friends has been such a pleasure. I’m always on the lookout for role models – people who have given up…
So, I told you about my idea of interviewing people I meet in Italy and sharing their stories. On my recent trip I pushed myself to ask people if I could write about them and, shocking to me, no one said no. One woman who I am super curious about told me she was too…
Look at this woman. How can you not just love her immediately? Not only is she gorgeous, she’s warm and generous and a fucking force of nature. Marcela was suggested to me as someone who could help me with a few of the bureaucratic hurdles that come with having/renovating a home in a foreign country….
I have to preface this post by acknowledging the fact that I was fortunate enough to grow up with two dads in my life. Paul was my biological father and the one I am writing about today. Mark is the step-dad that I lived with from the time I was four years old. He has been every…
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