Content Safari
S: I’ve been in the same place for over five years. Five brilliant years, I got to come home to this brilliant safe haven, thankful every day for her fountains, birds, and friendly neighborly...
Author: jess
Leadership Safari
S: For the first time in over five years, I’m not in a leadership role. No team to manage, only my own thoughts and actions to weigh. Despite many travels in the last year,...
Hero Safari
S: When was the last time you thought about your hero? Or asked someone who theirs was? I couldn’t answer either of these and was embarrassed when I realized I had never asked my...
13,14 x 38: Belize & Honduras Trip!
Gluttony knows no boundaries, and every cruise ship in the world knows this. I can only be thankful I got to experience this for myself. With friends, I experienced quick day trips in Cozumel,...
11 X 38: China Trip!
T (T is for travel…) Check out this trip (a total trip) to Beijing, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai! Wow! I experienced culture shock, anti-culture shock and reverse culture shock all in one trip. What...
9 x 37: Greece Trip!
Greece, Week 1 Arrive in Mykonos After a bus, train, plane, bus, ferry, and shuttle, I finally arrived in Mykonos from Istanbul late at night on August 23rd. I didn’t see the white buildings...
Middle Safari
S: Spontaneously, I hired a scooter to ride through the cliffs of Meteora in the very center of Greece. Unless it directly relates to my health or career, I generally don’t research things in...
10 x 38: Albania Trip!
Trip “Anyone want some chocolate cake with your breakfast?” Karla asks us as we eat at the table of the tiny Hairy Lemon Hostel in Sarande, Albania. After eating an unlimited amount of chocolate...
Blue Safari
S: A long time ago, I was the Executive Assistant for a gemstone wholesaler and jewelry manufacturer in the Pacific Northwest. I began as a gem sorter, or fluter. Using long tweezers, calibers, trays,...
8 x 37: Turkey Trip!
This TRIP! is not over, and here’s why… This is what I did not know about Istanbul until I was there. It is amazing. It is bigger than New York City and Los Angeles...