Learning to Cook Bosnian Food
A few months ago I crashed a cooking lesson with my friend Lisa, who was out visiting Sarajevo during the early Autumn months. While on a bus to Mostar, she…
The Tail-End of Leaf Peeping Season: Pennsylvania & New York
While living in Portland, Oregon, my husband, Brendan, and I spent a lot of time exploring the Pacific Northwest – from the Olympic National Forest to the Oregon Coast to…
The 2018 Sarajevo Film Festival
About five years ago I gave up going to movie theaters. I finally conceded that they, along with any other dark venues featuring flashing lights, were a trigger for my…
HVAR
Not much beats a lunch of espresso and gelato on vacation (the caffeine/sugar combination is the perfect afternoon pick-me-up and tide-me-over until a dinner location is decided). And no destination…
What to Do in a City with Nothing to Do
“Pristina? Where is that?” “It’s the capital of Kosovo,” answered my husband. I immediately informed him I would be crashing his work trip. We were in Sarajevo, and in no…
Sarajevo’s Famed Cable Car is Back in the Mountain Climbing Business
Sarajevo is freaking gorgeous. Situated in a small valley in central Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), orange tiled roofs and conifers of every variety descend from the tops of evergreen-covered hills…
Waiting for Barbara Streisand
Through the long months of rain and the snow, tucked between the Sequoia, Pine trees, Magnolias and Palms in Portland’s Washington Park, a magical little garden remains quiet and dormant.…
A Day in Dubrovnik
I always have a plan. And I used to almost always have a color-coded travel spreadsheet – a beautiful, multi-tabbed document detailing business hours and transportation routes and hotel check-out…
