Category Archives: professional blogging

Travel Lessons Learned Through Utter Humiliation, Stupidity, and Embarrassment

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Heather

Call me a masochist, but these last two years have been a series of self-inflicted uncomfortable situations in foreign countries. I have done all of this of my own free will, which makes it feel all the more insane. But … Continue reading →

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Full-Circle Snowboarding

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Heather

I was a little self-indulgent today by attempting to re-create that snowboard photo many, many years later. It’s not in the exact same parking lot, but the idea is the same: being super-stoked about snowboarding! Today was the first day … Continue reading →

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Holy learning curve, Batman!

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Heather

So, who remembers the first day they tried to do something that was completely new? Skateboarding? Skydiving? Reading? Balancing a checkbook? Driving? Child birth? We all can dredge our mental archives for a “first time” experience that threw us into … Continue reading →

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