Why is vacation so much better than real life?Maybe ‘better’ is the wrong word; but why is it so much more enjoyable than real life? What is it I love so much about being abroad? How can I make my real life more like it? These are the questions I’m left with after and amazing, life-altering month in Argentina. More
Buenos Aires had been the city of my dreams long before the first time I ever visited for a long weekend when I was twenty-five. Years ago I’d had a close encounter with it from just across the river. More
Oh Flavio. I’m glad it was you. You were commanding yet gentle; firm but kind. I was afraid but you showed me what to do. We had a moment you and I. We laughed. We cried. Well, I cried on the inside anyway for my disastrous amateur tango. Yes, tango. What did you think I was talking about? More
From the day I arrived in Argentina, there was a line of questioning I came to expect. I blend in pretty seamlessly in down there because of my dark hair and olive skin, but the moment I opened my mouth it was clear I wasn’t a native. So people asked where I was from, followed by wondering if I was I traveling alone, followed by wondering why was I traveling alone. I got this from everyone: taxis drivers, waiters, baristas. A woman alone in a foreign country provokes a variety of reactions from curiosity to concern to suspicion. I learned that the simplest way to answer this question, given my bad Spanish was to say “for an adventure” and leave it at that. More
Andrea Dunlop is on a quest to check off a bucket list of adventures in her 29th year.
#1. Spend a month in a foreign country
Jesus, I’m just so sick of Peanut M&Ms. So I’m giving out these for Halloween. (Not really. Please don’t get upset and TP my apartment door again).
The World Cup is about to kick off in South Africa this year, which means everything from crazed soccer hooligans to condoms designed to prevent rape. However, while the main event might be football, there’s always time for a beauty … More
Is there like a fame clause or something that states that once you have reached a certain level of celebrity you are automatically qualified to design a clothing line? Does wearing nice clothes all time teach you how to make … More