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As someone who has spent several years galavanting around the United States, Central America, and Europe, there are very few cities that truly humble me.But from the moment I stepped off the plane in Montreal, a feeling of serendipity washed over me. By the end of my visit, I couldn’t…
Two years ago, I found myself sitting in my car outside a dance studio for my first ballet class. I laughed a little as I texted a friend that I was nervous to go inside.I was 23, and my last experience with any sort of dance had been many years…
As an American who’s traveled to 44 countries over the last 30 years, I’ve seen my fair share of unforgettable places. But if I had to choose one place to visit again and again, it would be Bali, an island and province in Indonesia that combines vibrant culture, natural beauty,…
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is HBO’s latest spinoff series that fleshes out the sprawling fantasy world created by George R. R. Martin.The new show, which premieres on Sunday, is set in peacetime Westeros about a century before the first events of “Game of Thrones” — long before Jaime…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s crusade against military facial hair is just the latest in a long line of rules you’d struggle to find anywhere else in American life.Some services ban chewing gum or sipping a drink while walking. However, one particularly strange rule for many troops, even when it’s…
I’ve spent years filling up my passport with stamps from all around the world, from Australia to Latin America to Asia.I was even the first in my family to travel internationally — the only vacations we’d been on were road trips in our home country, Germany.By the end of 2021,…
