Travel Diary

“Just Back From” is a travel diary series of my current, often non-linear stream of thoughts, as well as snapshots from recent travel adventures.

Diary: Please Don’t Ask Me to Pick a Restaurant.

Reading Time: < 1 minute I love making restaurant recommendations, but please don’t ask me to pick *a* restaurant! Let me explain…

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Diary: Hiking Helped Me Love My Body More.

Reading Time: 4 minutes I am not outdoorsy, but I love hiking!
Looking back on my Black Girl Meets World adventures, I realized falling in love with hiking challenged me to unpack negative internalized thoughts about about what my body could do.

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Travel Diary: A Thank You to Anthony Bourdain

Reading Time: 4 minutes June 8, 2018. While boarding a flight to Washington D.C. to spend the weekend with my grandmother, I got a group message: CNN confirms Anthony Bourdain dead in apparent suicide. The air left my chest…

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Now Boarding: Welcome to #BlackGirlMeetsWorld

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wow! This is really happening! Welcome to Black Girl Meets World, my personal travel diary. I’ll share travel tips, help you discover hidden gems in some of my favorite destinations, and more. Launching #BlackGirlMeetsWorld on…

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