Locationless Living

There’s a popular and long-running band called They Might Be Giants here in New York City will often sing a somewhat annoying ditty called “Istanbul.” It starts out like this: Istanbul was Constantinople / Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople / Been a long time gone, Constantinople / Now it’s Turkish Delight on a moonlit night [...]

The story of my job stress is the same as those of any other moderately successful professional. Not only do my employees – and my bosses – expect for me to check my Blackberry every five minutes, even on weekends, but I have a long commute into the city. I make just enough money to [...]

Australia Day – Dos and Don’ts It’s that time of the year again – the time to kick back with your mates, raise a glass and celebrate everything that makes Australia grand. (And contrary to the movies, that doesn’t mean “throwin’ another shrimp on the barbie!”) On this fateful day, 228 years ago, the First [...]

Since my first two trips to Colombia in 2007 and 2008 I find myself visiting the same few cities over and over again…Bogota, Medellin, Cartagena, Cali….etc. But I have an American friend I met in Medellin 6 months ago who teaches at an international school in Bucaramanga. Since meeting we been talking about meeting up [...]

I went to a cockfight and bullfight last week as part of the Feria de Manizales festivities. I was raised well enough to understand that these events are morally wrong. I still went because I have always been curious about them. I have to say that I enjoyed both fights, more or less. Not enough [...]

Write this down. A really good idea for a date is to check out any free events during December. They are probably really cool and even more – they probably cost nothing. In Medellin near Cerro Nutibara Medellin hosts an impressive display of Christmas lights. Side note, this Christmas light was completely unexpected. Alright so [...]