Hike Hong Kong: Scaling the Dragon’s Back

Dragon’s Back, a portion of the much-celebrated Hong Kong Trail, has been on our radar for months. I’m pretty sure I had this hike written on my “To Do in HK” list back in January, back when the idea of us living in Asia was just a far-off fantasy. We had planned to do this hike…

A Summer Recap

Four months ago, during our post-exam ecstasy, Kelly and I created Summer Bucket Lists. Now, as August draws to a close, the last days of summer are slipping away and I’m spending some time reflecting on the last few crazy, wonderful months. May I gleefully leave Montreal and the stress of school behind and head to Vancouver, determined to make…

Hong Kong, Here We Come!

I told her quite sincerely that I was looking forward to a boy-free summer. No dating, no drama. Just work and girlfriends and good times.

I then proceeded to fall head-over-heels into something ridiculous, something wonderful, something unlike anything I’d ever felt before. He made me feel at turns ecstatic, safe, and validated, and then furious, neurotic, and trembling.

The Mountains Are Waiting: 4 Day Hikes in BC, Canada

4 spectacular hiking adventures in Beautiful British Columbia

The Adirondacks : A Day-Hiker’s Guide

I spent the past two weeks in near-total seclusion, perched up in the mountains and shrouded by pine trees, the night lights of Burlington, Vermont winking at me from across a six-mile stretch of lake just to remind me that civilization still exists. No cable, no internet, no neighbors. Without the distractions, I rose naturally…

The Life Changing Magic of Letting Things Go (Redecorating: Part 1)

  Mess bugs me. Not all the time- sometimes my room turns into a tornado zone and I couldn’t care less- but other times too much clutter is like a ticking time bomb. I try to avoid thinking about it, I shove my mess into my closet so its out of sight, but sooner or later I…

Summer Bucket Lists

Lively, busy, a bit exhausting, but exhilarating. Summer is alive and pulsing with energy and opportunity. 

A Sun-kissed Summer Tag

We are so thrilled to have finished classes for the year. Summer is our favorite season, by far. The heat, the excitement, the sultry long nights. We wanted to answer a fun summer tag, and we found these questions, so thank you Kat Bouska! Describe your dream summer vacation Kelly – I wake as the sun begins…

This Just In: Big Change Still Feels Weird

It seems as though one of the most important lessons of growing up is learning to accept that at least two things are always true. I want to leave. I want to stay.

But only one is possible.

2015: A Coming of Age Retrospective

May: We arrive and I discover that the house is empty – sparsely staged and stripped of personality. My parents are getting ready to sell. On the 15th, I turn 20 and I remember thinking bitterly that if my life were a novel, critics would complain that the author was being a bit heavy-handed with the depressing coming of age imagery.