Wow. I just love seeing new cities. I don’t even need to stay there, just walk up to the city and be like, “Wow. Nice to meet you.” What I’m loving about Nashville: I balled my way to Nashville because I was staying with a friend and it hurt too much to say goodbye. I…
New Orleans
What I loved:
We have to do better.
We still have a long way to go. I would like to share some quotes. “Don’t monkey with white supremacy; it is loaded with determination, gun-powder, and dynamite.” Vickbsurg Commercial Herald, May 1889 Today people wonder if white supremacy is even real. Back then people fought with violence to protect it. In 1896 the United…
Des Moines Capitol — Women’s suffrage thoughts
Women’s suffrage has always been near to my heart. I don’t think some of us realize what people went through so that women can vote. Here’s one article. People faced imprisonment and a bunch of horrible things just to be able to do something we take for granted today. And that moves me. It moves…
5-Star Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines, I would like to apologize. Before I started my road trip, I literally laughed to people about the fact that I would be passing through Des Moines, Iowa. I pictured a bigger city in the middle of not so big cities — sort of a “well, we had to put something on the…
I cried at the gym
I cried at the gym today. Now, I’m laughing as I write this because I am at the risk of painting a pretty bleak picture of gym life. Apparently I only feel the urge to write about the gym after struggling. I’ve had many happy gym days too! But I’m writing about it because it…
Learning the hard way
I have to learn the hard way. I try, I try so hard to learn the easy way. I read, I read a lot, ask the kids who asked me what I was reading on the beach yesterday and if it was The Notebook to which I awkwardly replied… no… it’s nonfiction. I like books…
Never too late
When I started training for dance at the age of 21, most people told me it was too late. Too late for what? Five years later, dance is my full-time profession. Between teaching classes, working at a studio, studying choreography, being involved in my own developmental classes and peer dance groups. I spend an average…
Consider NOT partying in the Mariscal of Quito, Ecuador
Alright, send the hate mail in. I’m ready. Friends. Readers. People I’ve never met. When I did research about Quito, and when I meet foreigners visiting Quito, all I hear about is one thing – the Mariscal. “Yeah, we heard you should check out the Mariscal,” “The Mariscal is so dangerous,” “The Mariscal is where…
Stay safe abroad
“Aren’t you afraid of getting taken?” Um…. no. Don’t worry, if you asked me that question, I’m not specifically writing about you because I’ve been asked it more times than I can count. Y’all need to stop watching T.V. or something. Before I sound too rude, let me explain that danger is a real thing….