Visiting the Texas Renaissance Festival together last year was pretty fun, so we went again this year. Are we making this a thing? Sure. It’s a great reason to have company over. Chris and I live in a house in Katy, TX just outside of Houston, but our lives are still in the city. So we commute, nbd. We can… View Post
This Friday finds my mind wandering. Ever since a frenzy of summer travel and finding myself stuck in Costa Rica after Hurricane Harvey, I’ve had trouble keeping up with my content here! I had so many amazing late summer, travel, and fall articles planned. They are written, just maybe they are not fully edited or are lacking photos or just… View Post
You may be familiar with Amy Cuddy from her Ted Talk about body language. If you haven’t seen it, watch it here: If you have seen it and are looking for more, start with her book Presence. The main idea is that our body language shapes who we are by shaping how the world perceives us. This idea fascinates me,… View Post
Right in the middle of downtown Santa Fe, just southeast of the Plaza, is the most mysterious chapel you will ever visit: the Loretto Chapel. Well, it’s not so much the chapel that’s mysterious as what’s inside. Have you heard of this miraculous staircase? When the chapel was completed in 1878, it had no staircase to the choir loft. Since… View Post
Although Santa Fe has plenty to offer as a city, and so much creativity to enjoy, most of my time in Santa Fe was actually spent just outside of Santa Fe. My grandparents had a house in the foothills, which we would hike through on brisk days collecting fossils, arrowheads, and passing Native American burial grounds. I remember my sister… View Post