American Culture
Happy Birthday Mom! I have a new article published on the Indie Travel Podcast. They have a bit more international audience, so this month I…
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Sex in the City – Small Town Style
When I told my parents that I was coming to stay with them for a month, they seemed excited. Maybe it’s because then they don’t…
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Dairy Month – Experiencing New Cultures
Photo: South Dakota cows. If you are really in touch with Midwestern culture, you wil note that these aren’t dairy cows… I’ve had one of…
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Homeless Again
My posessions…no longer… A friend recently asked me if I ever felt an overwhelming social pressure to get married and have kids. My answer, “Not…
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Life as a Student and ESL Training
I have entered the terrifying world of responsibility again. I may go into shock. I actually have to set my alarm every day and be…
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The Culture of Chinatown New York City
My friends and I decided to go out of the country this weekend – and we took the Q train to do so. The subway…
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From The Outside Looking In
Photo: American Grocery Store America – my home country…my passport, my culture. I’ve been gone from it for 15 months and am now re-entering it…
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Idiotarod – Brooklyn in a Shopping Cart
For all snapshots of the Idiotarod – click here! This Saturday afternoon I emerged from the #6 Subway out onto Canal Street dressed as a…
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Same-Same, and Not So Different – New York
Shit…is it all a dream – it feels like it was a dream. I feel like I just fell down some weird rabbit hole and…
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Home of the Fortune Cookie
Believe it or not, I’m not writing this post about China; I’m writing it about America. If you remember, I had a post not too…
