California’s Danish Fairy Tale

What does a Scandinavian country, known for rustic windmills, buttery cookies, and Viking history have in common with Hollywood, Los Angeles, Sea World, Silicon Valley, Yosemite and Disneyland? Apparently, California. We had driven up a beautiful coastal road early that morning, along a surreal blue ocean towards Southern California’s Santa Ynez Valley. Here, at just […]

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What’s in a Name?

I can’t let go. For as long as I can remember, I have had deep attachments to people, things, places, memories and even some meals. I’m thirty now but my closest friends are a small group of great girls who came into my life between the 4th and 12th grades. I still have the Walkman […]

Colours and Cazuela

I had seen instaperfect pictures of a pretty street covered with hanging umbrellas. So I headed to Tlaquepaque, practicing the tongue-twisting pronunciation (Tla-keh-pa-keh) over a 20 minute Uber ride from Plaza Del Sol in Guadalajara. But the second I stepped off the cab, I was swept away by the colors and beauty of this quaint […]

A Night with Hahalua Yana

I watched her glide around, mesmerized by her fluid grace and lazy curiosity. Shy, playful and utterly charming, she ignored me. I understood, there were so many others to distract her that evening. But let me begin at the beginning. I had landed in quaint little Kona airport from Oahu just that morning. Driving through […]