Travel

  • A City I Finally Met Alone

    A City I Finally Met Alone

    Downtown Providence — stuck in February freeze and cold much the same as my first couple months in single life. Only my own layers protect me from winter’s bite. My brain ventures through good and bad memories while the armor’s donned. Weird Providence wasn’t the original plan, but here we are. Before today, I’d never…

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  • The Art in an Errand Day

    The Art in an Errand Day

    I mentioned briefly looking for apartments; this was one of those early “days off” touring places. I wasn’t thrilled to be up at 6:00 for a 6:25 bus and a 7:10 train into Boston. I wasn’t thrilled about the heat or the MBTA/Uber marathon ahead of me. But I was excited to drift through Lynn…

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  • What I Packed to Survive a Gloucester Heat Wave

    A week before I left for a family Gloucester overnight, my delusional brain thought I’d roll out of bed really early, put a cute outfit on, and explore the town with Mom’s cousin. Instead, I woke up with a sweaty back and a “Nope” seeing 90-degree heat. Here are the bare bones I buried in…

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  • Stepping Out of Comfort at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

    Artists in all mediums have a bad habit of sticking to what they know they’re good at and experimenting less eventually. While becoming great at what you know is valuable, taking moments to challenge yourself is also valuable. I decided to do just that the last time I went into the city and had a…

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  • Music Journalist Goes to Music City

    It had been almost nine years since my last vacation; that was with my family in 2013 at Myrtle Beach. I had also never been on a long vacation like that on my own as an adult. Vacation originally was not in the plans for this year as I figured we could save more money…

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