Quirkytogether is on the way! Those of you who have read my Quirkyalone book (published all the way back in 2004) know that quirkytogether is a very important chapter in the book. Quirkytogether is about quirky appreciation. Of ourselves. And…
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How Brazil Resurrected My Spirit
I’ve been writing to you about Argentina a lot lately because I spent the last eight months in Buenos Aires as a digital nomad (working) living my dream of immersing myself in tango. I loved those eight months! I’ll be…
Inspiration for creating your own path: take one step
One of my favorite parts of traveling and living abroad is that I meet kindred spirits. People who are also interested in growth through adventure and who have taken risks to travel and try out new things for the sake…
Brazilian and Single? Today Is Your Day!
Today is the official day to celebration singledom in Brazil. Feliz Dia dos Solteiros! I found out when a Brazilian Facebook friend posted a photo of himself cooking alone and called it his “Feliz Dia dos Solteiros” photo! I spent…
Five Reasons to Travel Alone
During 2010, as I traveled alone through France, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina, I regularly encountered people who find it courageous to travel alone. I remember a hairstylist in Bogota. As she blow-dryed my hair, she told me she couldn’t picture…
Tagged with: men traveling alone, solo travel, south america, travel alone, traveling alone, women traveling alone
Posted in migrate, Travel
Posted in migrate, Travel
Watch and Listen as I Get Serenaded by a Taxi-Driving Tango Singer
Lindo Como Vos: A professional tango singer (and taxi driver) Victor Diaz serenades me on the ride home from a milonga, Zona Tango in Balvanera, extremely local, sort of grungy, one of my favorites. I predict this will be the…
Be Grateful for Being Single
The American holiday Thanksgiving is approaching, and with it, millions of families (and urban tribes like mine, pictured above) will gather to gobble down turkey and sweet potatoes with marshmallows baked on top. Many of them will also go around…
Tagged with: gratitude, happiness, single life, thanksgiving
Posted in migrate, Personal Growth, Single Life, Travel
Posted in migrate, Personal Growth, Single Life, Travel
Rio’s Fast-Thinking Malandros
Words from a foreign language reveal how people from another culture think, and that can be endlessly fun. This week one word kept popping up in conversation in Rio. It’s a particularly Carioca word called “Malandro.” The first time that…
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A quirkyalone is a person who prefers being single to dating for the sake of dating.
It’s a mindset. Here's the manifesto
A quirkyalone is a person who prefers being single to dating for the sake of dating.
It’s a mindset. Here's the manifesto
