The Sumida river flows through Tokyo the way the memory of Fisherman Yoru (night in Japanese) will course through my head, reminding me about the…
Negar and I are inside a Tehran cafe. She says her English isn’t great. But it’s good enough. Her eyes unrealistically blue; not like the…
Sometimes, I’m proud to be an American. When repping my country abroad, I’ll admit to rubbing the domination of the USA Women’s Soccer Team in…
Oahu’s north shore. It’s now turning dusk, and behind the Turtle Beach Hotel – just off of the paved access path that leads down to…
It’s a glorious spring day in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and the bright restaurant is over half full. Yuri Milokovich pulls a chair out from an…
I landed in the Philippines on a Tuesday afternoon. By Thursday morning, I was deep in a multi-day hike through the rice terraces of the…
I had only the frigid Beijing air and my large suitcase for company as I waited for the 7.30 train to Chongqing. 30 hours and…
I hover clumsily over the toilet seat, trying to steady myself as the bus turns a sharp corner. There is no toilet paper, but I…
My once-white Converse shuffled through the sandy streets of Fez. Merchants yelled on either side of me, desperately trying to draw attention to their silk…
It was a Thursday and it was late. What’s worse is that it was cold, and we were hungry. At this point, we had spent…
Around the pool table in a Chengdu hostel, a girl eating a massive dragonfruit introduces herself as Yumiko. The fruit is cheaper here compared to…
Some look back on their wedding and get warm glowing fuzzies in their heart and tear up at the tune of their first dance song….
