I took one of those personality tests, the kind that promises to provide a “freakishly accurate description of who you are and why you do things the way you do.”…
Another family-run business in the San Francisco Bay Area is closing. This time it’s a 39-year-old bakery with locations throughout the Bay Area. Aside from the usual narrative about the…
Out our window I see them — exhausted and disoriented tourists, their rolling luggage clack-clack-clacking on the stone calçadas. They stop at the corner, staring at their phone, then glancing…
One year ago, on July 12*, I tearfully hugged friends good-bye and boarded a United Airlines flight to Lisbon. Memories of my mom weighed heavily on me as I walked…
Organizing is a multi-million dollar industry. Dozens of blogs are dedicated to methods and tools for organizing your home. Pinterest and Instagram are filled with images of “worst case scenario”…
Today marks a year when Greg and I landed in Lisbon to start our adventure. One year later, we are settling and feeling like a part of the fabric of…
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana April 24 marked 45 years since the so-called “Carnation Revolution” in Portugal, a nearly bloodless coup, which…
Write to Your Truth: A Weekend Writing Salon in Lisbon May 18 and 19, 2019 Lisbon, Portugal Register now for this two-day writing salon in which you will explore the…
In training to be a journalist, the first lesson I learned was how to ask the right questions so you can get meaningful answers. Researchers also understand this. From the…