This weekend, we celebrated my cousin Carly’s college graduation. When she was a baby, I’d carry her around my grandparents’ house in a laundry basket, just for fun. As a school girl, we’d find her jumping up and down, screaming
One Happy Island
“Aruba, Jamaica…” The Beach Boys had it right. Aruba is my island, too–for sun, smoothies and water sports. Every January, my family spends a week with a core group of good friends who come from across the U.S. Slathered in
Pura Vida {Part II}
The key to making it through a transition (work, love, whatever) is often a quick change of scenery. Which is why my Costa Rica trip couldn’t have come at a better time. Digging out my Eagle Creek backpack, in storage
Pura Vida {Part I}
I rang in 2014 on the beach in Costa Rica, covered in glitter, with Cacique cocktails and 16 new friends. We’d all come from different places, physically and in our lives. Three in business school at the University of Michigan
Fitness Forecast
One of the most popular trends in travel right now is adventure travel. More and more, city dwellers (and their suburban counterparts) want to return from vacation feeling lighter (in spirit and in body). This December, I’ll be toasting the
Equinox
In New York City, the signs and signals that we live by are crystal clear: Red light, green light. Walk, wait. Yes, no. Inside the door, behind the velvet ropes. But, when it comes to subtle shifts in perception, feelings
J’adore Hardcore
Our iPhone alarms went off simultaneously at 4 a.m. and by 4:45, I was riding shotgun as my friend Audrey careened our 12-passenger van around twists and turns up the mountain, Smuggler’s Notch. The sun was just peeking out of