**Important note: I keep getting emails from people who think I’m a Google employee—I DO NOT work for Google, nor have I ever worked for My friend was gracious enough to take some time out of...
**Important note: I keep getting emails from people who think I’m a Google employee—I DO NOT work for Google, nor have I ever worked for My friend was gracious enough to take some time out of...
First stop on my mom’s tour of the Bay Area was San Francisco. Next, we went to Napa Valley to tour a castle! But there were a few obstacles: I rarely ever drink wine (or any alcohol for that...
Does anyone else find it strange that 1.4 million visitors flock to the famous Alcatraz Island every year to tour an old prison? The one San Francisco attraction that everyone kept urging me to take...
The first time I saw CREAM was when I went to Berkeley with a friend. The line was out the door and all the way down the sidewalk. “No,” I said when I saw the wait. “There is no way...
The Mission District is an interesting place. Heavily Latino, yet wonderfully diverse; artistic and grungy, yet beautiful. I love it all. It’s San Francisco’s oldest neighborhood and is...
Yesterday was my last day at work. For most (some of my closest friends included), up until this blog post, you had no idea I was even thinking about resigning from what was my dream job. Yes...
"We have to catch a flight at 2:45," I explained to the concierge at the Westin Peachtree Hotel in Atlanta, Ga. "What can I do in Atlanta with 1 hour and 30 minutes?" He scoffed. "You can't do...
I stand in the crowded streets of Rome, beaten-up duffle bag in hand, feeling the weight of my decision bearing down on me. "We're probably going to die," I think. But I have to be brave for my mom...
Grab a cup of hot chocolate, turn on some Christmas music, and “stroll” through my gallery of a holiday-themed, 3-million-light display.
Look, I want to be nice. I really do. But don’t expect me to ever bring you anything back from my travels. I didn’t always despise souvenirs. When I was little, I would buy a keychain and...