Drinking Beer and Eating Snacks in Beautiful Heidelberg

WRITTEN BY Julie

This article is a little more schizophrenic than usual. On one hand, you’ll get lots of nice photos of Heidelberg, Germany, where I recently took a work trip. This is the kind of town that was made for October. The...

10.09.15

More than Pickled Fish in Moscow

WRITTEN BY Julie

‘So, is Russian food all beets and pickled fish? And vodka to drink?’ Yes, this is a real question I received more than once upon my return from a few days in Moscow. It was an epic long weekend which you can catch...

10.05.15

Moscow Impressions

WRITTEN BY Julie

Here’s the best way I know to describe the many faces of Moscow. One side of Red Square is a huge department store called Gum (ГУМ). Its intricate carved stone façade looks right at home across the way from a...

09.30.15

Ballet at the Bolshoi Theater

WRITTEN BY Julie

I’m retroactively updating my Life Bucket List to include ‘Watch a ballet at the Bolshoi Theater’ because it’s the kind of experience that should be on a bucket list. And it’s the kind of thing that one...

09.21.15

The Joy of Good Public Transportation

WRITTEN BY Drew

As city dwellers we know that there is nothing worse than unreliable public transportation. Late buses or trains that fail to arrive are the worst. Confusing subway maps that look a child scribbled lines all over a...

09.09.15

THE THIEF Stole our Hearts

WRITTEN BY Julie

Lesson for the day – if someone emails you and asks if you want to visit a spa, you say yes. It doesn’t matter if you aren’t quite sure how to fit it into your schedule, or if it will be difficult to find, or...