I’m about to tell you something crazy: my job encourages me to take a 3-month paid sabbatical every 5 years.
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Before & After: First Time Home Improvement
Whenever I see magazines with before & afters, I wonder how much blood and sweat went into the transformation. Now that these photos are mine – I can tell you!
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Meandering Vermont Road Trip
Emily and I were off for a last-minute Vermont vacation – without much of a plan other than we would crash with friends, ski/ride, and see where the roads would take us.
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Hosting My First Singaporean Lo Hei
I decided to host Chinese New Year party, featuring a lo hei. Lo hei is a uniquely Singaporean tradition centered around a assembling a salad. It starts with a presentation of around a dozen ingredients, each symbolizing health, happiness, and wealth. Once all the ingredients are mixed in together, everyone grabs a pair of chopsticks and tosses the salad. You’re told that the higher you toss, the luckier you’ll be.
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Gear Guide for New Dog Parents (also, The Story of Adopting Fritz)
Last fall, we (finally!) adopted a 10-month-old scruffy mix that we named Fritz. As a new dog owner, I wasn’t really sure what to buy or what would work. It took a bit of trial and error, and now I have a final list of items we regularly use.
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Staying off-the-grid in Maine
This month I got to cross an item off my bucket list: hike and stay with Maine Huts & Trails in Carrabassett Valley. Maine Huts & Trails is a network of 100 miles of recreational trail, along with four off-the-grid “huts” (really, lodges) to overnight at.
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Interview on PRI’s Otherhood
Earlier this summer, Rupa Shenoy from Public Radio International found Denizen and reached out to talk about growing up as a global nomad. She ended up using the interview in her show Otherhood, a podcast for people who came to the United States as children or are the children of immigrants.
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Surprisingly good eats in Denver
Last week, I spent a few days in Denver, CO, eating delicious food and wandering across town with friends.
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10 Things I Learned at Yellowstone National Park
My favorite part of this trip was nerding out and learning as much as I could about the volcanic ecosystem that created the nation’s first National Park.
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5 reasons to not buy the 12-inch Retina Macbook
If you were my friend looking to buy the new Retina Macbook, this is what I would tell you.
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Steph Yiu 