Monumental, Rome is a day-trip, a weekend, two-thousand years of myth and history in one place. Rome and I haven’t always gotten along. On this trip, I hoped to change that. Frankly, time and time again it’s proven to be my least favorite Italian city. Both times I’ve been there, it’s been toward the end […]
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Stepping into each one feels like every other: high ceilings, moving walkways, glimpses of tarmac through thick glass. 4:30 am—PSTTwo hours ago, I was falling asleep. Now, my head is in a different space, silent dreary and lulled. Groggily, dizzily, my sister steps to my door, turns the knob, and comes to wake me up.
Before You Read:This is a strange one, but it’s not at all serious! In Dedication to Anyone on a Diet.I wish you luck. Take it easy! I’m not an angry person. Today, I punched a bowl of oatmeal. Let me explain. Having worked in many kitchens, I’ve seen people throw tantrums over spilled milk: the
On a morning thirty days from now, there will be lines, a drive, and airport food.This summer, I will be a return tutor to an amazing place I can’t turn my back from:Italy and A.C.L.E. Teaching English in Italy was the highlight of my 2018—so far 2019’s been great, but I’m sure boarding that plane
Sitting in my car, I wait in a nostalgic place gone dark. Shrill cries of feral creatures echo through a quagmire of trees between my home and the parking lot where I sit, waiting and listening. Something ill-timed yet familiar: the first car trickles in and pulls up a space from mine in the lot.