Laura Pauls-Thomas picked me up from the Lancaster Amtrak station in a bucket. To be fair, I had been warned. “I can totally pick you up at the station!” they had texted me while I was still riding the Amtrak. “I have a car or an e-cargo bike, if you want to ride in the bucket. Haha Let me know if you prefer the basic or adventurous option.” And that is how I came...
This event has passed! Santa will arrive at Macy’s 34th Street once again this Thanksgiving with the Macy’s Day Parade! He’ll be bringing a team of elves from the North Pole, including my friend Quill (who happens to look a lot like me). Quill assists Santa with his lists and can often be found in the North Pole library. Visitors to Santaland will...
While going to school in the Bay, my friends and I would often take day trips into San Francisco using the CalTrain. Sometimes we would just study at a cafe but other times we’d be looking for an activity. So here are some ideas for you! A collection of pieces from the SF MOMA. Haight-Ashbury is called the birthplace of the 1960’s counterculture movement, and...
It’s humid (which I welcomed after coming off of the 15-hour plane ride that had rendered my face so dry). The streets are very clean (Uncle Jeff, you were right). Our taxi driver had lived in Singapore all her life, except for the time she spent at university in Melbourne. She, like many belonging to my parents’ generation, said that her home city has changed a lot...
A day at Kipuka Olowalu offers cultural lessons for the future, traditional ecological knowledge, responsible tourism Our cultural guide Ua said that sometimes people ask him, “Will you bless my house so that Pele doesn’t destroy it?” “No!” he answers. “If I were in your position, I would be saying ‘Take my house, Pele! Whatever you’d like, Pele!’” He laughed. “She...