My proudest achievement as a little girl was my involvement with the Titanic Historical Society (THS), an organization dedicated to...

My mom recently shipped me a box of my childhood diaries and journals. As I flipped through the pages, filled with sloppy sketches of...

Cowboy. Fedora. Panama. Campaign. Baseball. Beret. Sun. Beanie. No matter what kind of hat you're thinking of, odds are pretty high that...

Meet Mushu. My husband, Josh and I just brought home an adorable 3lb 8oz male pekingese puppy and were immediately stunned by his...

#1. My dad didn't recognize me. When I sent the following text to my parents while in Japan, I thought they'd recognize me immediately as...

It's been horrifying to follow the news of the wildfires ravaging Napa and Sonoma counties in northern California. This is a region that...

One of the reasons I love traveling is that it challenges us to consider the notion of what is "normal" in our lives. For example, what...

What do the Japanese emoji mean? As a first-timer on a recent adventure with my husband Josh, I was excited to learn as much as I could...

Traveling. It's a blissful concept, but the reality of economy air travel can be uncomfortable. I often feel dehydrated, exhausted and...

I'm going to retire the word, "cute" when I get home from Japan. I mean, I have to. Everything here is just so much cuter. There is...