We’re home and our one-year, RTW trip has officially come to an end. Cuba marked the 52nd country we visited together over the course of the past year. I notched up an extra one with my visit to Turkey (53 countries in total) and Chris visited three more countries (55 countries in total) during his […]

Every year, my mom gets a new Christmas ornament for our family’s tree that relates to what was going on in our lives that year. In the past, it has been running shoes, an engagement ring, and a kitty for me or a surfboard, basketball shoes, and a white doctor’s coat for my sister. This […]

My grandfather, Joe Migliore, passed away on Wednesday while I was in Israel. He died in his sleep at 95 years of age. The Israeli family we were staying with told us there is a word in Hebrew that means “the kiss” for this type of peaceful death, which I thought was a really beautiful thought. […]

A lot has happened since we had our first dance as husband and wife two years ago today. We’ve lived together with our cat Max in a little one bedroom apartment in Chicago, mastering a carefully orchestrated dance during dinnertime since only one of us could be in the tiny kitchen at the same time. […]

Our departure from Singapore marked the end of the first leg of our trip. We’re two months into the twelve-month adventure, and we’re saying goodbye to Asia for a while. I’ll miss the ornate temples, cheap massages, state-of-the-art subways, and, of course, the coconuts, but happily we’ll be back again in early 2016. Maybe by […]