Plus the one I’ll swear by till I’m blue in the face. One of my best friends from Texas just came in to visit me, and when I tell you I was ready with the recommendations, we made sure we did all we could in the short amount of time…

I consider it quite often. One of the largest advantages of solo traveling in a major city is how you get to experience whatever pockets you want, whenever you think the time is right. As someone who currently lives in a capital, there is no shortage of things to do…

Okay, writing every day is hard. When I started on this endeavor to publish every day I had NO idea what I was getting into, and that’s okay. I thought I had the ability, and I have to level with you. I do not. Yet. …

A collection of things I fervently believed…maybe I still do. — Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash When I visited my cousins, there was a distinct hallway that I hated to go around at night. It was the kind of spot that made you shake a little bit as a kid. You never knew what shadows would turn into in the…

And why I’ve always loved it. — One day in my second-grade year, my teacher sent me home with a note. It read something like this: “Marleena has been very talkative in class lately. She seems to have a lot to say but is often distracted during instructional time. …