Sure, Shanghai, Go Ahead and Make Us Fall in Love with You

WRITTEN BY Julie

First was the cancelled flight. Then, we were rerouted on two different flights. A two hour journey stretched out, painfully, to eight. Ten. Twelve. By the time we emerged from the metro, into the evening haze of a...

07.04.17

June 2017 Month In Review

WRITTEN BY Julie

We’ve never officially climbed on the blogging bandwagon that is the monthly update post. This is probably because I could never quite justify an entire post that mostly included things like ‘worked, went to the...

06.30.17

What’s Saving My Life, Summer 2017 Edition

WRITTEN BY Julie

A few months ago, when life felt very uncertain, I took some time to reflect on all the things in my life that were saving my life. They ranged from my weekly family Skype call to my favorite travel dress. Since then,...

06.23.17

2017 Summer Bucket List

WRITTEN BY Julie

Last summer was memorable for a lot of reasons. Most obviously, it was our last summer as London residents, and we had a long list of things we wanted to do in the city before leaving for good. Wow –...

06.16.17

Corners of the Internet #26

WRITTEN BY Julie

Good morning and 早上好! Today is Friday and it’s been one of those weeks when every day feels like Friday, but then, cruelly, isn’t. I swear, on Tuesday I woke up thinking it was Friday. But here we...

06.13.17

China Visa Process, Part Deux

WRITTEN BY Julie

This article is part of a short series about our journey to obtain our Chinese residency and work visas. We haven’t found great personal resources about what to expect when applying for such visas and went through...

06.09.17

The First Week of Our New Life in China

WRITTEN BY Julie

For weeks we imagined the moment. It would be evening in Shenzhen, China, our epic journey around the world finally complete. The blast from the fiercely air-conditioned hotel would shock us out of a steamy, jet-lagged...

05.25.17

The Great East Coast Road Trip of 2017

WRITTEN BY Julie

Whelp. We’ve done it again. East coast road trip? Check! Over 16 days this month we criss-crossed the bulk of the mid-to-east United States. We just did the math. It was a journey of 2,500 miles, twelve states, 17...