Living Out Loud

You can’t do Chicago in a weekend, and other reasons I quit my cushy job and left my home, friends, and family to pursue a life of wanderlust, uncertainty, and making the world my office.

March 21, 2012

The summer of 2009 was a game-changer for me. It’s the year I grew a pair and decided to leave the most comfortable job, life, place I’d ever known and move halfway across the country. It’s the year I spent jet-setting like a crazy person (I once counted 15 airports, 13 trips, 7 Cities, in 8 [...]

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Maple + Spicy, The Hunger Games, Good Bourbon, and Pole-Dancing

March 2, 2012

Lately has been busy. Overwhelming. Beautiful. Kind of cold-sick-ish. Learning to drink coffee without sugar (AND LIKING IT). But busy. And, because I have some work to do but can’t bear the thought of back-burning an honest-to-blog post again, and because we all like Top 10 lists (right?), I give you, dear reader, the Top [...]

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You don’t owe anyone an explanation of your personal choices (and other things I have to work at remembering sometimes)

February 13, 2012
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This could be a post about failure and how I have no willpower, or it could be a post about self-compassion, cutting myself some slack, and doing what I want because ultimately I’m the one responsible for my own choices and happiness. Let’s go with the latter, shall we? Last Monday, I started a 21-day [...]

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Sunday Drives and Three-Volcano Days

February 6, 2012
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Sunday in Portland was a Three-Volcano Day, a term I coined (as far as I know) to note those days that are so sunny, so crisp, and so clear, that you can see three volcanos at any given time from the city of Portland. Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, and either Mt. Adams or Jefferson [...]

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The top 6 reasons you should go to #BiSC in May with 59 other amazing bloggers, even if you think you hate Vegas or might hate Vegas because I promise, you won’t hate *this* Vegas. Also, cheese.

January 20, 2012
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This May, 60 bloggers will descend upon the Las Vegas Strip, for the fourth annual Bloggers in Sin City unconference, meetup, and otherwise wildly amazing weekend. I’ve been there since the first year, and can’t even begin to express the magic that happens in these four days. I put together the collage above to try [...]

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