Travel
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Seattle: You Keep Calling Me Back
I love writing recaps of trips I’ve taken, and this one was no exception. There have been a few over the years, including a previous post called “Welcome Home to Seattle.” It’s a city that fascinates me — it’s dive-y and grungy (for lack of a less cliche word), it has fun tourist spots (more Continue reading
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Adventures in Mendocino + Mormon Country
Over Thanksgiving I experienced the pure majesty of having six paid days off for a total of 10 calendar days away from the office, a.k.a. my kitchen table. The fruit stand that I work for shuts down for the full week of Thanksgiving, and we were gifted Monday 11/30 off as a thank you from Continue reading
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Eurotrip: Barcelona & Athens
Last month I had the extreme privilege of attending an international user experience (UX) research trip with my team. The locations were Barcelona, Spain and Athens, Greece. Some from our team also attended a third leg of the trip in Casablanca, Morocco, but I wisely planned on only two countries for this trip. As I Continue reading
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Welcome Home to Seattle
I recently moved to Silicon Valley to work at Facebook which has been an incredible experience. One of the perks of my job is that I’ll get to travel all over the world on user research trips. I also support a team located at Facebook’s Seattle office, which I visited two weeks ago. Seattle has Continue reading
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I Smoked Weed in an Uber
Yesterday I had plans to meet a friend for drinks at a German joint called Der Biergarten in downtown Atlanta. Not wanting to deal with downtown parking or driving after a few steinfuls, I booked an Uber to pick me up from my house in Cabbagetown. Immediately after hitting “Request UberX” the driver calls me. Continue reading
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An Open Letter of Hate to the Woman in 12A
Dear Woman Sitting Behind Me in 12A on This Flight to Vegas, For the last two and a half hours I’ve been suppressing a distinct and snowballing hatred for you. You insist on squawking at full volume on and on about all the mundane things that come to your mind. Dismal proof of your repressed Continue reading
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Charm City Trip: Murals, Records, and the Sexiest Chicken ‘n’ Waffles Ever
Last week I took a trip out to Baltimore to see some family for Christmas. I flew out Christmas morning and had the pleasure of enjoying the soothing sounds of a screaming baby for the first 30 minutes. And we all know how much I love children. A Little History I was born in Baltimore Continue reading
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The Joys of Moving
It’s that time of the year, folks: Moving Season. I have a question, why the fuck does everyone wait until it is 106 degrees outside with humidity to rival the Amazon to move? Fortunately, we don’t have to worry about that in Atlanta. Oh, wait. Continue reading
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