Finding joy in life's simple pleasures. It's a Lifestyle.
Breathing in the pine air, I lay on my back floating lazily down the Deschutes River on my paddle-board, any crisis worth losing sleep over, forgotten. The world went mute as I watched the birds fly across the sky, and the clouds morph into imaginary animals across the sky. At this moment, I realized the best medicine lies beneath our feet and stretches endlessly before us, and today, I found the key.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a force of nature that followed her beliefs until her dying breathe. She was a class act that pursued opportunities when there were none. She's not immune to hardships: her sister died when she was young, and her mother died of cancer while she was in high school. She put herself [...]
Pre-COVID-19, my retirement goals consisted of retiring in Florida and traveling the US like every good New Yorker. This plan was concocted on the assumption my feeble knees wouldn't be keen on walking the endless steps of Machu Picchu or hiking the Roman Colosseum as I downed a bottle of Tignanello to quench my thirst. [...]
This past weekend, we enjoyed driving to Charleston. A town full of charm, sophistication, and indescribable heat that almost melted my face off. Compared to Savannah, I’d say Charleston is the buttoned-up older sister who maintains a sense of propriety and wears pearls to breakfast. Each agreeable little home hidden away in the historic district [...]
Picture pure white sand soft as powdered sugar beneath your feet as the ocean lazily rolls to shore. That is Siesta Key. Nestled outside of Sarasota resides a beach town that feels a lot like the midwest; nice people, bad food. Call me a snob, but after expanding my taste buds in Ny for over [...]
We have met the most fascinating people in Savannah - from a distance. While studying a family of owls in the park each night, we’ve met a professor at SCAD who’s creating an art project with her pictures and videos. Here are some examples of her past work - it's quite exquisite. She's also making [...]
We’ve had a lot of friends ask us how we’re traveling around the US, so I thought I’d take this moment to document that scooter life. Nate and I have invested in electric scoots to get around NY, originally for commuting, but also for our pilgrimage. We rent one-way cars to our selected destinations and [...]
If you’re reading this, you’re either a close friend or a stalker. Hello to both of you. Our travels have taken us to Savannah, GA. We’re clearly in the NY state of mind because we keep calling this state, South Carolina and Alabama. All we’re vaguely aware of is that we’re somewhere south of NY. [...]
Y’all - we’re going on a road trip. We’re packing up our lives in NY as we know them, placing it in storage and heading into the great unknown. We decided last weekend after riding our electric scooters around lower Manhattan and surveyed the future of NY. She’s a great city, and she’ll be great [...]
Not every hobby needs to make money, this blog is designed to lean into the simple pleasures of life and find the spark that makes life worth living. Although I cannot explain why you are here, I’m glad that you came, (I’m looking at you, Nate.) My name is Emma, I went to Juilliard for [...]
