Wait,” I said. “You booked a flight for which weekend?” Post elopement/honeymoon, sometimes things get lost in translation, and my trinity of friends all booked their flights for the April weekend before my wedding reception, following my hazy affirmation of plans. However, in their true Romantic fashion, they turned tragedy into triumph and we enjoyed a […]

Life is funny in it’s throws and bumps. I found myself during one of those funny bumps riding the bus every morning for work during part of the summer. (follow #thebusstories on IG if you care to see what that looked like.) Prior to taking the bus, I had certain….. expectations. Expectations about the bus drivers. […]

That time I covered a Funny or Die event at the SXSW festival. The big names were there – Zach somebody, a guy named Seth. Most people seemed to be stressed yet trying oh-so-hard to not seem stressed. A contrast of laughing, silly faces, and stern, hard, guarded faces. A feeling of stifled sadness, forced laughter. […]

Growing up in a family with 4 brothers toughens you a little bit and makes you roll your eyes at things like tea parties, bows, ballet, and the color pink, like somehow I am “above” those things. To this day I still adore little boys: I love their ruddy little cheeks and their clear, bright, sharp […]

Every several months there’s this restless sensation inside of me. Do you get that? That squirmy feeling where you feel like you’ll suffocate if you have to live another day in the same routine, weighed down by the lists and priorities and deep ruts? Every several months I have to move. Breathe. Do something unscripted. […]

After moving down to Austin on a rainy Sunday (it really did rain. It was that dramatic.) and somehow managing to organize 75% of my life into my sweet little apartment with the help of my roommate, and both of our boyfriends, I then flew to Kansas City barely 12 hours later for work. My […]