It’s official. We are moving to Portland! I accepted a job at a boutique marketing agency in Portland, working on mission-based brands. That means I’ll be working on clients that are organic, sustainable, fair-trade, etc. I’m thrilled to be working at a place where I can feel I’m making a difference. Having worked at…
Month: April 2016
24 Hours in Dubai
Travel forces us to become flexible. It just does. Something goes amiss and you’re forced to change course. Or even chart an entirely new course. It’s part of the process and usually everything turns out OK. Last April, we finally began our long journey home from Namibia. We managed to plan it so that John,…
Namibian Road Trip: Part 2
We headed back to civilization to restock in Swakopmund, the coastal German town wedged between towering sand dunes the frigid ocean. John and I both needed to check email and messages, as we were coordinating the details of our arrival in Juneau. Since we’d left a few days earlier, I had received confirmation on a job offer…
Namibian Road Trip: Part 1
Last March, John’s sister Brittany spent three weeks visiting us in Namibia. We took her on the nickel tour of Windhoek (parliament building, Andy’s, national museum, etc.) and then we embarked on a self-drive tour. We covered nearly the entire country, with the exception of the Caprivi. Although we originally planned to rent a simple 4-door…
Now, where did we leave off?
I think it was when John and I decided to move to Alaska from Namibia. A lot has happened since then. Last spring blew through our lives like a thunderstorm, leaving us in Juneau, Alaska where we reconnected with our friends and family and became Americans again. Since we last saw you, we’ve done a…
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