• Rock the Vote!

    New York City…I have travelled the world, but I am a proud American…Getting home to vote was important to me!

    I didn’t want an absentee ballot…I wanted to be part of the history of this day…electing the next president of the USA!

    Some countries don’t have this right and I value that I can voice my position through my vote!

    The lines were crazy long! Over an hour and then once inside it was chaos! It is hard to believe in this time of technology that voting is such a pre- historic process! Manual ballots, printed books, and clueless volunteers are embarrassing for a country as advanced as ours! But what matters is that I exercised my ability and right to vote!
    I was happy to see so many of my fellow NY’ers braving the long waits to do the same!

    I have experienced a world of cultures and I know our democracy is a great thing to celebrate and respect!

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  • SIMply Fantastic!

    New York City, NY…I AM HOME!

    After 4 1/2 months I have returned to New York post Hurricane “Sandy”…luckily all at my apartment in Chelsea is ok! My roof deck garden didn’t fare as well, but it’s far from a disaster!

    I departed on this journey June 26 and covered 25 countries:
    USA
    Spain
    Greece
    Turkey
    Malta
    Croatia
    Montenegro
    Italy
    Czech Republic
    Austria
    Hungary
    Slovakia
    Poland
    France
    United Kingdom
    Qatar
    South Africa
    Samoa
    Fiji
    Vanautu
    New Caledonia
    Australia
    Indonesia
    Singapore
    Japan

    One of my saving graces and best investments was my unlocked IPhone I picked up in Hong Kong used! This unlocked phone allowed me to buy prepaid SIM cards in each country so I could always be connected and utilize lifesaving travel apps and tools like GPS as I walked around unknown cities! Doing this also saved me thousands of dollars in roaming charges that Verizon or AT&T charge travelers!

    Jet lag has taken hold, but I still adjusting to being back home…Where to next??

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