I met Jessica when I was 22 years old and living in Japan. We both moved there after college graduation to teach English in a private language school. Fate put the two Jessicas (both from Southern California) in cities 20 minutes away from each other. We were real partners in crime that year, taking the […]
I have found that putting my experiences into words while we live here has made me more aware and reflective of every day life. It is in that spirit that I want to share what it feels like to be sitting in Italy, far from home, hours after the Presidential election winner was officially announced. […]
I know that I have been viewing Italian life through gelato-colored glasses. Besides whining about the difficulties with our visas, I’ve been sharing almost exclusively positive, rosy stories about our sabbatical year thus far. Maybe because I have felt sick all day, or maybe because there is construction on both sides of our apartment (how […]