Your survival guide for the Full Moon Party in Thailand is right here! This was the question posed to me sometime around dawn, as the sun threatened to break the horizon, ushering away the moon and the last of the revelers on Haad Rin Beach. Now, I don’t mean to imply that I was always…
When I set out for the beach town of Canggu, just over an hour south of Ubud on Bali’s southeastern coast, I didn’t have any idea what to do in Canggu. My whole goal was to go somewhere new with absolutely no plan at all and to say “yes” to any (reasonable) suggestion that came…
Before my partner died of cancer, there is no way that I would have attended Thailand’s Full Moon Party at all, let alone, solo. But Jeff saw the world through neon-colored glasses, and he loved to attend festivals. He would have loved the Full Moon Party on Haad Rin Beach on Thailand’s Koh Phangan, and,…
This story isn’t about Vienna. As much as I loved the city, it was a backdrop for me. A place that my late partner loved, and the place where I chose to spend what would have been our one-year anniversary had cancer not ended our love story too soon. Even though this tale isn’t about…
Telling people that you are headed to a yoga retreat solicits a lot of confused looks and bewildered reactions. My colleague said: My Grandfather questioned: I think my Grandfather’s sigh has everything to do with the “irrepressible” wanderlust that has dominated my adult life. This need to travel tends to be difficult for many –…