"Minha amiga dá me... Me dá...? Me deu...? Minha amiga me deu este livro," I stammered trying to share Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal...

After seeing news yesterday about Mississippi voting to redesign their state flag, I was inspired to collaborate with Corrinne Ward at...

This time four summers ago, I was visiting the Foreign & Commonwealth Office while in London. It had been built during Queen Victoria’s...

I’m so completely excited to share the following portraits of me painted by my friend Corrinne Ward (@r2n2arts on Instagram). She’s...

“The yard is making a comeback after a few tornadoes and damage from tree removals,” my father recently texted me with a few photos from...

My DuoLingo streak hit 100+ days this past week. The app has been a good start for Brazilian Portuguese but a friend recommended someone...

In high school one summer, I went on a sailing trip to the Florida Keys and brought back a potsherd recovered from the famous Spanish...

Late last year, I bought the Harry Potter series in Spanish to refresh myself on a language that I had learned in K-12. There was a lot I...

Having family items around the apartment has made Stay at Home orders comfortable for me. When furnishing my place, I rummaged through...

I am pleased to announce that in addition to my photography being exhibited in Camera USA 2020, another snapshot of mine has been...

When doing research at the Library of Congress, one of the greatest perks for me was simply being able to walk right across First St SE...

When Georgetown became part of Washington, DC, the communities unified themselves by connecting streets that had been separated by Rock...

One weekend this past November, a friend and I both felt an urge to get away from the city for a little while. We settled on a day trip...

Her husband had died of plague one year before the Great Fire of London left Anne homeless with three sons. Somehow, she paid their...

Transience is the nature of this capital city, people come and go, but scattered across the Paris inspired streets are the residences of...

"It came from Halcyon House in Washington, DC," a museum curator once told me about an old Italian doorframe now in the Fralin Museum of...

Daffodils are sprouting up out of the ground, starting the end of winter here. I’ve been enjoying long walks again and one of the best...

During my time at the University of Virginia, I became very well acquainted with Pavilion II there. The Jeffersonian structure had been...

“Have you seen the presidential seal? It’s your last chance before we tear up the floor,” I was asked after volunteering for an event at...

It has been a relatively mild winter this year, especially compared to my first one when I moved to Virginia with the 2016 blizzard....