Although I got the fewest pictures, Koh Tao was probably my favorite place in Thailand. (Wait, didn’t I say that about Chiang Mai? Gah! I can’t make up my mind!) V and I on our way from Koh Nang Yuan Koh Tao is a small, relatively unblemished island, just north of Koh Phag Nan. If …
I try not to get too political anymore. There’s no better way to spike my blood pressure than a spirited political debate, and I’m getting too old and cynical to think my opinions matter much, especially in the extremely polarized American political landscape. However, yesterday the Supreme Court decided it was perfectly legal for corporations …
Embarrassingly, I walked around Thailand misusing and mispronouncing Thai words left and right. I used the word “cab” as thank you for days until someone laughingly informed me that men say “cab” and women say “kaa.” I called Phuket “Foo-ket” and Koh Phi Phi “Koh Fee Fee” until after we’d left, at which time I …
I started out the year with the decision to stay put for a while to “sort myself out,” as the Brits say. Unfortunately, as with most British sayings, I have yet to get the hang of what that means, exactly, which explains why these past few months I’ve been one little stress ball. So, of …
Nothing annoys me more than going to the average networking event. Breathing through my mouth so I don’t have to smell the beer soaked breath of the person shouting in my ear about “analytics” or “product evangelism,” I often find myself mourning the days of regimented job specs and KPIs based on decades of data …
What’s better than celebrating your birthday?Celebrating a friend’s birthday! During the first May bank holiday, J, V and I packed our very small, RyanAir-sized bags and hopped over to Berlin for a three-day fun fest in celebration of V’s birthday. Can you see Johanna making a funny face out the window? J and V love …
Let’s get something straight: I am very ambivalent about the term “feminism.” I once went to hear Katherine Hakim speak and almost exploded from all the cliche, anti-male, culturally ignorant opinions extolled that evening. And, yet, this is the state of modern day feminism for many Western women. It seems to me that being a …
Don’t blame me for the bad joke, I promised a certain special someone that I’d name this post after this most awful play on words. Anyway, don’t let the bad humor dissuade you from reading on, or at least glancing at the pictures, because our road trip across England and Scotland is a tale worth …
I know I annoy people a lot when I say I’m getting old, but I really mean it. I am starting to feel older- but not necessarily in a bad way (unless it is humid and rainy, in which case I can feel it in my knees). I feel much wiser, though, for the most …
One of the most prevalent questions I get here in London is along the lines of “What are you doing here?!” It seems that most people don’t understand why an American would choose to live in London despite the fact that it really is the best city in the world. (Maybe I’m just a little …