The Travel Chica

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Entrepreneurs, Coffee, and Technology

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I was traveling in Central and South America for less than two years, however, I feel like there have been some small changes with big impacts in my home city of Columbus. All good changes. Coffee is becoming a serious thing. Independent, coffee roasters are popping up. And the coffee is fantastic. One of my […]

Best pork buns in New York City?

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As soon as I booked my flight to New York City, I reached out to Fran. You may remember her as the New Yorker I met while living in Buenos Aires who invited me to visit her on the beautiful coast of Maine. Fran has lived most of her life in New York City, and […]

Living like a local in NYC… the good and the bad

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Hotels are expensive in Manhattan. The hostels aren’t cheap either at over $50 a night for a bed in a shared dorm. After traveling solo and living in dorms for way too long in Central and South America, I learned that the benefit of traveling with one or more people is that you can rent […]

New York City: A Photo Essay

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When I wasn’t getting lost in museums and drooling over eggrolls, I was out walking the streets. (Not like that!) Walking is my favorite way to explore a city. Although I had a busy itinerary, I made time every day to walk through a specific neighborhood with no particular goal or destination. Just wander and […]

The Brooklyn Bridge in Photos

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Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge allowed me to geek out on photography and experience another cultural highlight of New York City. The Brooklyn Bridge is a well-known symbol of New York City and appears in the opening credits of many television shows (Sex and the City) and in movies (I Am Legend). At the time […]

Cultural highlights of New York City

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With only a few days to explore one of the biggest and most exciting cities in the world, I decided to focus my itinerary on experiencing the cultural highlights and seeing new things (no repeats from previous trips). Yes, that still makes for a ginormous list. I put out a call for suggestions on my […]

Help pick my prints! (part 2 and more chances to win)

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  If you already voted in the first photography category Landscapes, you’ve already earned at least one entry towards winning an 8″x10″ canvas print from Printcopia.  (You can still go back and vote now to earn entries in the giveaway.) Just narrowing down the photos to this number was difficult, so I’m relying on YOU […]

20 months, 1000s of photos… Help pick my prints!

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I have been back in my home in Columbus for five months. I still have blank walls and empty photo frames. I simply cannot decide which of my thousands of photos I want on my walls. So I need your help. And I want to give you something in return. Help me pick my prints […]

Peru in Photos

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I’ve taken quite a few trips to cities around the US, however, I still have not decided on my next international trip.  I want to return to South America to explore Peru one day soon.  I am probably the only backpacker who spent over a year on the continent without hiking Machu Picchu.  Do you […]