When I was 16 I traveled to New York for the first time. I didn’t travel there with my parents, nor did I travel there on some school trip. At 16 I was traveling to New York with my high school boyfriend. I turn 31 this year and I’m still shocked my parents let me…
5 Things to Keep Calm and Bring in Your Carry-On
After this last trip to Barbados, I realized I got really annoyed when the people sitting around me on the airplane were missing a crucial carry-on item. Have you people NOT flown before? How could you NOT have that on you? Urgh, rookies. Then I calmed my judgy self down and thought about that yes,…
NO, I Do Not Have A ‘Sponsor’
I’m really sick of this shit. I’ve BEEN sick of this shit. Why is it that every single time a woman travels a lot, the FIRST assumption is that she has a ‘sponsor’?? Is it completely beyond you to think we make enough on our own? That some of us work doubles and overnights to…
Cropover 2017 Recap
I knew this blog post would be lengthy. I knew it would be full of me stopping and sighing because I miss Barbados so much even though it hasn’t even been five days since I left. It is rough writing this blog post because I feel like no amount of words can actually express how…
Carry-On Chronicles: Cropover Packing
I’m flying to Barbados tomorrow for a week-long shenanigans-filled carnival trip. This trip has been in the works since about December and I have been planning every small, big, intricate, complicated, expensive part of this trip for more than half a year. The time has finally arrived. Usually, for a week long trip to only…