You know what’s worse than turning 40?  Not celebrating it.  I have always been a big believer in celebrating all of life’s milestones. I never understood people who treated their birthdays like another Tuesday. I mean, I get it. We’re not kids anymore and I don’t need a clown. But 40? That’s...

  I miss opening my window in the morning and breathing in marine scented ocean air. That seaweed smell, that salty breeze, so pungent, so intense, so damn delicious. I miss running screaming into the freezing cold Atlantic only to find it nearly impossible to go all the way in. But one day, I will...

This is a story about how I went to Bali just to see what their toilet paper is like. I learned that sometimes… there isn’t any.  I was warned about “Bali Belly” by one of my sweet Italian friends. She made it sound like a rite of passage. I, being the world traveler that I am, was no stranger to toilet-bound...