I’m Now a YAP Accredited Yoga Teacher!

And it’s official!! I’m now a YAP Accredited yoga teacher! . To say it has been an incredible and enlightening 10 weeks would be an understatement to everything I’ve learned and discovered about yoga, its benefits, anatomy, and philosophy. This course was seriously one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself and I [...]

Forget Napa. My Newfound Love is Douro.

Since Jax goes to an International School that follows the British calendar, we had a half-term break last week. It was the perfect time to do a road trip! Our itinerary also included a stop in Evora and particularly for Ry, surfing hotspots Nazare and Ericeira. I will have to share about those charming places [...]

Penn Momentum 2020

Sometime this past summer my dear friend and occasional work colleague Meesh (who also writes this wonderful blog) asked me if I was available to help her on the tech committee for the Momentum 2020 Planning Committee. Meesh, ever always the leader, is the co-chair on this committee. I, of course, was eager to jump [...]

Porto Love

This post is long overdue because we went to Porto on November 1st. November 1st was a national holiday here in Portugal (All Saints' Day) so all schools were closed. It was the perfect time for a 7-hour road trip up to Porto, a city I have been wanting to re-visit since we moved here [...]

Comporta Chic!

Before we left California for our Portugal sojourn, my dear and well-traveled friend Paul told me to check out Comporta, a small fishing town he had wanted to visit. Madonna, Christian Louboutin, and Phillipe Starck all have low-key hideaways here so I knew it had to be someplace special. Anyway, Jax and I finally made [...]

A Yoga Day in Boliqueime

Although I have been faithfully practicing yoga for years now, I have never been on a yoga retreat. I don’t like to take several days away from Jax because honestly, Ry cannot handle it. (Different day, different blog post). Regardless, I was so happy that I was able to take a FULL day (left the [...]

We’ve Moved to Portugal – Part 2

#WTH ?!?! Since our Portugal move took plenty of you by surprise, I thought I would take the time to write a follow-up blog post and answer a few of the most prominent questions: Why the move? As many of you know, our 4-year old son Jax finished Pre-K last June. However, since Jax has [...]

We’ve Moved to Portugal!

Many of you already know this, but I thought I’d write a formal post to let you know that we’ve officially moved to Portugal! As of this coming Wednesday, we will already be here for 3 weeks! Time has definitely flown but we are really loving it here. The funny thing is, I am writing [...]