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Showing posts with label wanderlust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wanderlust. Show all posts
Monday, January 25, 2016
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Our address: AirBnb, a tale of NY nomads
"Our address is AirBnB" writes a man who has spent months hopping from one New York apartment to the next with his partner. They have different personalities and desires and frustrations with the monthly moves, but overall have found not only great things about AirBnB as a company, but about real estate in NY, about neighborhoods in and around Manhattan, and about what we really need to live.
After a few months of living with just a few bags, they determined that their storage unit was packed with belongings they once thought they would eventually want, but ended up donating, instead...recognizing it as superfluous to their needs. It's funny how we think we need some things only until they aren't there and we are able to forget about them.
A long read, but an interesting one if you last to the end, there are a lot of themes that will resonate with you wanderlust dreamers and livers of life out there. There will be moments where you ask what human can afford $3,000/month and still have money left to eat...and then you will sympathize with their rat infested walks to their local bodega where they find worms in their pasta.
NY...I often wonder why so many people love the place. I suppose being a wanderer in and around it short-term could make all the difference!
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Passport-less-ness
If there's a more terrible feeling than putting your passport in an envelope and sending it out of your life for an undetermined amount of time while the government sends you a renewal...I'm not sure what it is. It's the feelings of restless, distress, hopeless, and sadness all mixed together: "passport-less-ness" seems an appropriate term to describe not only the state of affairs but the emotional component that goes along with it!
Most federal governments have a policy in which travelers must have at least 6 months left before the expiration of their passport upon entering their country. Be sure to know before you go!
There are expedited services in the US and, as long as your passport hasn't been completely destroyed, you can do a simple online form, get passport pics taken at your local drug store/pharmacy (CVS, Rite Aid, etc) and mail them in with a personal check. You can pay cash or credit card at an agency, but it seems like a much bigger hassle. Money makes the world go round, and it also makes YOU go 'round the world...faster. For an extra fee you can get expedited service to have your passport back in your wanderlust hands faster than the average traveler.
You can get most information online these days, but, as always, please assure that you are on a legitimate government website so that you don't get duped! Because nobody likes when that happens! For U.S. citizens, the go-to passport renewal site is:
Here's your friendly travel reminder to always keep track of your passport expiration date!
Most federal governments have a policy in which travelers must have at least 6 months left before the expiration of their passport upon entering their country. Be sure to know before you go!
There are expedited services in the US and, as long as your passport hasn't been completely destroyed, you can do a simple online form, get passport pics taken at your local drug store/pharmacy (CVS, Rite Aid, etc) and mail them in with a personal check. You can pay cash or credit card at an agency, but it seems like a much bigger hassle. Money makes the world go round, and it also makes YOU go 'round the world...faster. For an extra fee you can get expedited service to have your passport back in your wanderlust hands faster than the average traveler.
You can get most information online these days, but, as always, please assure that you are on a legitimate government website so that you don't get duped! Because nobody likes when that happens! For U.S. citizens, the go-to passport renewal site is:
Happy Travels All!
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Why do you #LoveTheWorld?
You don't have to be famous to love the world, though BBC got some great feedback from some famous people, writers, reporters, and more. Now it's your turn; What is an experience from YOUR past year that made you (or reminded you how much) you love the world?
For me, it was staring out the window, knowing it was meant to rain at the furthest North point we would be in Norway during our trip, and coming to terms with the fact that it was unlikely, even on a clear night, that we would see the Northern Lights there. A cloud appeared before my eyes...smokey and light over the wing of the plane around 2 am. Except it wasn't a cloud...it was a morphing, spooky, twisting ribbon of light, right in front of my eyes. The Northern Lights had appeared as I sat doubting my chances of their presence. The world is mysterious, and I love it!
In the meantime, here's some of my feedback on BBCs 50 Reasons To #LoveTheWorld:
49. OMG.
41, 40, 38...all of these make me smile just imagining how these people must have felt...not only in the moment that they experienced these things...but in the moments when they recall them.
36...adORABLe.
33...CHILLS.
32, always.
26...what a world! Crazy beautiful.
25: The answers always are within the youngest of our generations
22. It is AMAZING what a little effort will do. An attempt, even a failed one, takes you miles.
20. Are you happy to be alive? FIND YOUR HAPPY PLACE(S)!
18. Closing Time: "some other beginning's end"
17. Remember you are a small thing in this big place. And this big place is also very small.
9. Tony Hawk knows what's up...and he mentioned Skateistan! I featured a story on them a while back! Yay!
4...what truth! Despite our best efforts we can never see or know it all!
1. HAHA...was there ever any doubt??
For me, it was staring out the window, knowing it was meant to rain at the furthest North point we would be in Norway during our trip, and coming to terms with the fact that it was unlikely, even on a clear night, that we would see the Northern Lights there. A cloud appeared before my eyes...smokey and light over the wing of the plane around 2 am. Except it wasn't a cloud...it was a morphing, spooky, twisting ribbon of light, right in front of my eyes. The Northern Lights had appeared as I sat doubting my chances of their presence. The world is mysterious, and I love it!
Check out the original article, and tell me what you think!
In the meantime, here's some of my feedback on BBCs 50 Reasons To #LoveTheWorld:
49. OMG.
41, 40, 38...all of these make me smile just imagining how these people must have felt...not only in the moment that they experienced these things...but in the moments when they recall them.
36...adORABLe.
33...CHILLS.
32, always.
26...what a world! Crazy beautiful.
25: The answers always are within the youngest of our generations
22. It is AMAZING what a little effort will do. An attempt, even a failed one, takes you miles.
20. Are you happy to be alive? FIND YOUR HAPPY PLACE(S)!
18. Closing Time: "some other beginning's end"
17. Remember you are a small thing in this big place. And this big place is also very small.
9. Tony Hawk knows what's up...and he mentioned Skateistan! I featured a story on them a while back! Yay!
4...what truth! Despite our best efforts we can never see or know it all!
1. HAHA...was there ever any doubt??
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Go Somewhere!
New Twitter account for all of you travel addicts out there: @TraveLifeLove
Follow to get updates from this blog as well as other articles, quotes, messages, pictures, travel deals and information! All to fulfill your wanderlust spirits :)
Friday, January 23, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
3 of 50 non-cliché places to visit
Another fun list out from Elite Daily: 50 non-cliche places to visit in your 20s.
I've been to 3 of the 50:
(2) New Orleans, Louisiana for a one night stint in a 3 week cross-country roadtrip with my friends Keith and Amber in 2009. I think it would have been more fun if you were either with a huge group of rowdy people, or if you were interested in getting wasted and having a good time. I liked the street performers and it seemed like there was music every block. We walked past the House of Blues and tons of bars but it was actually much more low-key than I expected. I remember wondering if the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. The architecture had an old riverboat-times style of the 20s. You can tell its roots were wealthy and stylish.
(16) Christiania Denmark, either a small city within or just outside of Copenhagen, this is a little community most well-known for its order without government order...mostly meaning people smoke, buy, and sell weed and other merchandise without any outside regulation. No photos are allowed (for obvious reasons) and I heard there are sometimes raids but that usually the people of the town are warned ahead of time. It seemed like a happy and peaceful place. Everyone minded their business or looked around at the shops or walked along the river or through the town. There was a lot of artwork and some funky buildings. I would suggest checking it out.
(40) Plitvice (pronounced Plit-VEETcha) National Park, in Croatia, was one of the only things I really knew about the country before visiting in 2011. It is far from most cities (which was great because a visit resulted in driving through most of the country to reach it and lead us to a crazy fun night in Zagreb, the capitol of Croatia). It was definitely beautiful but VERY crowded. I would suggest getting here either "off season" or early in the am. I was there around 3-5 pm and it is in a bit of a valley so the really vibrant colors weren't QUITE as miraculous as you may have seen...don't get me wrong, it was still stunning!
I've been to 3 of the 50:
(2) New Orleans, Louisiana for a one night stint in a 3 week cross-country roadtrip with my friends Keith and Amber in 2009. I think it would have been more fun if you were either with a huge group of rowdy people, or if you were interested in getting wasted and having a good time. I liked the street performers and it seemed like there was music every block. We walked past the House of Blues and tons of bars but it was actually much more low-key than I expected. I remember wondering if the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. The architecture had an old riverboat-times style of the 20s. You can tell its roots were wealthy and stylish.
(16) Christiania Denmark, either a small city within or just outside of Copenhagen, this is a little community most well-known for its order without government order...mostly meaning people smoke, buy, and sell weed and other merchandise without any outside regulation. No photos are allowed (for obvious reasons) and I heard there are sometimes raids but that usually the people of the town are warned ahead of time. It seemed like a happy and peaceful place. Everyone minded their business or looked around at the shops or walked along the river or through the town. There was a lot of artwork and some funky buildings. I would suggest checking it out.
(40) Plitvice (pronounced Plit-VEETcha) National Park, in Croatia, was one of the only things I really knew about the country before visiting in 2011. It is far from most cities (which was great because a visit resulted in driving through most of the country to reach it and lead us to a crazy fun night in Zagreb, the capitol of Croatia). It was definitely beautiful but VERY crowded. I would suggest getting here either "off season" or early in the am. I was there around 3-5 pm and it is in a bit of a valley so the really vibrant colors weren't QUITE as miraculous as you may have seen...don't get me wrong, it was still stunning!
Have you been to any of the places on the list?
What do you think about them? Any suggestions or thoughts?
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