Travel Tuesday: Surprise Parade in Panama City

After living in a hut in the jungle for a year, you’d probably be fiending for some cheese, too.                   MY LONG TIME FRIEND, Hallie, and I had just emerged from her site in the Panamanian jungle as a peace corps volunteer and survived a grueling 12-hour… Continue reading Travel Tuesday: Surprise Parade in Panama City

Santa Barbara Solstice and Why I Want a Parade for my Birthday

I F-ing love parades. LOVE them. If I could have my very own parade for my birthday, that’s the only gift I would want. (Friends, take note). We would all wear feathers and go dancing through the streets with trumpets and drum circles and confetti and throw gerbera daisies and cake pops onto our wildly… Continue reading Santa Barbara Solstice and Why I Want a Parade for my Birthday