It's been exactly 10 days since my mom and I saw "Hamilton" FOR REAL. I'm not talking a makeshift reenactment in our living room, purely for the sake of animating one of the most amazing soundtracks known to man. No sir. I'm talking the real set, the real actors, the real THEATER where it's all [...]
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What Constitutes a Crisis?
November ends now and I just realized this would have been the only month ALL YEAR during which I didn't blog, and that can't happen. But then I wondered what I'd even write about, because honestly the only stuff in my head right now is a ton of ramblings that resemble what I think might [...]
A Quick Guide to Today’s News
Hello, I just need to spew for the sake of my brain not catching fire. When a lot of things happen at once, keeping up with current events can be relatively tricky. Especially when everyone has an opinion on one specific thing and the other headlines get no love when they're actually just as important. [...]
Admit Racism Exists
I've always subscribed to the party of Mind Your Own Business. Being nice and agreeable with everyone because heated words and aggression never solve anything. But APPARENTLY NEITHER DOES BEING NICE AND AGREEABLE. Being nice and agreeable all but ruined my Saturday morning. And I apologize for anyone who saw my whiny baby Facebook status, [...]
Italy: The Jerks
Full disclosure: I had every intention of this installment being about our first actual stop, but as I began writing the story of this customs encounter, it became a whole thing and I can't bring myself to trim. As always, your patience is appreciated. And I do mean patience. Because I realized the other day that we're [...]
Italy: An Introduction
We've been back on U.S. soil for exactly 37 days. I avoided looking at a single picture from the trip for the first 34—and for good reason. The second I saw snaps of Adami and Florence and La Spezia, my heart skipped some sixty beats, longing for the country we trekked top to bottom in [...]