The countdown to Greece is on! Seven days and 1 hour until blast-off. Meanwhile, there's a lot to do to get ready. As I prepare, I'm...

In 16 days, 3 hours and 17 minutes, I'm going to Greece. And hell yes, I'm counting the minutes. But before I go, there's a lot of...

When I turned 40, I was so happy that I didn't even get mad when Stacie shoved cake in my face. My 30's were shitastic. I'd had a series...

In the opening of Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, an innocent British couple describes how they booked a vacation package...

From the air, LA is a massive grid of never-ending sprawling lights. I remember the first time I saw it, a 22-year-old kid, face pressed...

In 2012, I moved into a little beach shack right across the street from the ocean. It was kind of junky, but I didn't care. Walks on the...

“I can’t believe you’re actually here, in front of me, in the flesh.” Cathy stands, eyes wide, smiling big, a few feet away from the...

It’s like this We come from the same place The same time Yet nothing is the same Somewhere along the way, we divided Split lives,...

“That line you’re standing on divides Sonoma and Napa counties,” Andy says. I stand with one foot in each county and look out over the...

Dear Sonoma County, I came up with a new tagline for you: More Than Just Wine. You're welcome. Suzanne Every time I mention my digital...

Remember that scene in Footloose where Ariel and her preacher father, Reverend Shaw Moore, are in the church and she yells, "I'm not even...

Yesterday, as I walked among giant redwood trees, I was surprised to learn that despite their ability to grow to hundreds of feet tall,...

I talk to a lot of people about my journey with Lyme disease and chronic illness. I learned so much during my healing journey and I feel...

This natural cactus fencing can be found all over Bonaire. Like many other things, it could be considered prickly or beautiful. It all...

My biggest lesson this year (and of the last several years) is to have faith. When after getting rid of everything I owned except for...

When I decided to leave Bonaire, my psychic medium friend, Amanda Brown texted me, “Do you need me to pull some cards for you?” (You...

In 2014, I got dumped. I was blindsided. I thought we were going to be together forever. He had told me he was unhappy over the phone (we...

While having a blast following the fun people around Ireland, I had the pleasure of doing an author interview with Deb Ziebarth of the...

When I was at Emerson College, I took a course called "Writing for Magazines." This was back when magazines had real pages and paid good...

Before I left Bonaire, I realized that I wanted to integrate the things I love most into my travels, so I decided I would begin...