There's No Place Like Oz

What’s Next: Writing Projects

This is the first in a new “What’s Next” series. In upcoming posts, I’ll share the biggest, life-changing lesson I took away from Australia and how it’s impacted my first five months back in the USA — and of course in the months to come. There’s No Place Like Oz is not my first blog. […]

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Making a list, checking it twice

Recently I packed more for a 1-week trip to London and for 1 week at the beach than I did to start my year-long adventure in Australia. How is this possible?! 1) On shorter trips, I tend to pack more “just in case” items and articles of clothing. Perhaps on longer trips I know I […]

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A Letter to Adriano Zumbo

Dear Adriano Zumbo, Happy Monday to you in Sydney! How are things going in the Inner West (and Manly)? Busy brainstorming ideas for Macaron Day 2011? I bet you and your team are doing just that. You don’t know me, though I wish you did. One year ago I stepped through the doors of your […]

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There’s No Place Like: Three Bags Full cafe in Melbourne

This is the second post in the new “No Place Like” series in which I highlight places that have blessed me with a feeling of “home”. As I write, I’m sitting in a beach cottage at North Carolina’s Outer Banks (OBX), waiting for coffee to finish brewing and the griddle to be free so I […]

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There’s No Place Like: Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, VA

Last week I promised that the next post (i.e., THIS one) would be about lifestyle changes I have been working on post-Australia and what I hope my future holds. That’s not happening today. I’ve wanted to begin that series for weeks now, but every time I begin, I freeze. I’ve written several outlines and even […]

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