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Lessons from Last Year, Part 1: Vagabonding / What I Learned Solo Traveling

VAGABONDING… I spent the first three months of last year traveling solo in the US and Southeast Asia with no home-base apartment.  At the time, it didn’t feel like anything remarkable, perhaps because I was busy experiencing it and addressing…

The 29 Cities I Visited in 2017 and My 3 Favorites

2017 was such an incredible year, particularly for travel, that I’m still working to wrap it up 12 days into 2018.  I visited 28 cities in 5 countries and 9 states, much of it alone and the bulk of the…

A Handful of Mini San Diego Hikes I’ve Done as a Solo Female

…and felt completely comfortable while doing. I love being outside and hiking, but it can be hard to wrangle friends to go – getting people to say they want to go hiking is easy, getting them to actually go, not…

SLO-ing Down in Cayucos

Cayucos is a teenie-tiny town on central California’s coast. It feels like a quaint western town that was scooped up from middle-America and placed waterfront on Estero Bay.  With a population of under 3,000 people, the United States officially recognizes…

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