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Full circle
And so here I am, hailing from Cape Town. What an adventure it has been. The last weeks and days in LA were just a blur of goodbyes to...
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The City By The Bay
And I set off alone, properly alone this time, to San Francisco, knowing no one and nowhere in particular. I'm an expert at leaving L.A....
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The Emerald City
Last weekend, I fled LA once more and headed north, to Seattle, WA, the Emerald City. This time, I had a partner in crime - it's strange...
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The Importance of Elsewhere: New York
A blog from a plane 40,000 feet above Kansas. New York. Quite simply, I love it. I love that I have to crane my neck to see the tops of...
From a bus to New York, with love
I'm sorry, it's been quite a while. I'm on a bus on my way back to to New York from D.C., where I went one final time to say goodbye to...
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Rolling stones gather no moss
I've been in LA for six months now, and my departure is looming on the horizon, sunbeams through a dark cloud. Three months from today...
Drawing a blank on a title for this post
It's been a while since I updated you on my small happenings. So, here goes: 1. New semester, new classes. This semester I'm taking a...
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Beachcombers
Some PILPers fled the sudden Friday deluge and wound our way up the coastline towards Santa Barbara, stopping to find a solution to the...
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The Motorcycle Diaries
Warning: this is not going to be an eloquent blog post. Today felt as though I was being dragged backwards and upside down through a...
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From Victoria Falls to Washington D.C.
Hello from Washington D.C. (again), my home away from home away from home. D.C. is bitterly cold. You can see the ice in the air; even...