This is a moment. We’re going to remember this. I said casually, hoping not to sound as out-of-my-mind as I felt, to a near-stranger who bobbed alongside me, on the front of a speedboat, on a Sunday night in the middle of Croatia. I had first...
When you set your sights to travel, there are many destinations you deem on your bucket list. Then there are ones you stumble upon, like Barga, Italy, the oldest northerly enclave of the Florence State, dating back to the the early 1300s. This morning, sleepy-eyed from...
In the first 30 minutes of my 29th birthday...
On an assignment for USA TODAY having a traditional Hungarian dinner prepared by a local woman from Budapest in an apartment in the former Jewish ghetto, which was evacuated in World War II. Her grandmother was killed in the Holocaust. Her father and mother lived in this...
Anyone who’s ever been to Croatia knows it has a certain splendor that can’t be replicated. I was lucky enough to live there recently, near the stony beaches of Split, where I’d spend my self-designated lunch breaks filling up on the octopus and black risotti you...
There are so many things I want to say about this video, which I've now watched approximately 1,000 times (and cried each loop). Not only does it have my Yugen family, but my friend Liz reached out to my family back home - complete with...
Perhaps success is a delicate mix between luck and ambition, helping you to arrive at the goals you set for yourself, no matter how lustful they are. For me, seeing a Vogue byline felt a lot like a pipe dream, not a reality I would see in black-and-white. And...
24 hours in Remote Year life: Yesterday, woke up and had my last breakfast overlooking the Adriatic Sea on my balcony in Croatia. Danced with Yugens to "My Girl" and "You Can't Hurry Love" in our workspace while waiting for one of the 12 vans transporting us...
Exactly a month ago, I boarded a one-way ticket from NYC to the greatest leap of faith of my life. Today, sitting on the balcony of my apartment overlooking Znjar and the Adriatic Sea, I've thinking about the 43,800 minutes of Remote Year I've already experienced. 43,800...
Three weeks into Remote Year and I've had some pretty incredible experiences. I've seen some beautiful sites. I've eaten amazing food. I've taken many new adventures. I've made many new friends. But between the pretty landscapes and the sea swims, the hotel reviews and the...