Hi y’all, hope everyone had a great Christmas! I spent mine here in Milan, Italy, and I pretty much ate my weight in food, aka I had the best Christmas I could have possibly asked for. In any case, Christmas has obviously passed and 2017 is about to become 2018 – crazy, I know! Time… Read More Top 5 Places I’ve Visited in 2017
And just like that, I’m 22. I just listened to 22 by Taylor Swift – which is something I really couldn’t wait to do, I’m so excited that this day has finally arrived! – and reflected on the past year, on all the great things that I was blessed with during my time as a… Read More Feelin’ 22
A couple of days ago, I finally had the chance to see one of my dreams come true: I finally celebrated the Fourth of July the American way, with a barbecue in the backyard, surrounded by my friends. Am I American? No, not even by law, or at least not yet. I am the proud… Read More On the Fourth of July & being “American”
July 3rd, 2012. A sixteen- (going on seventeen) year-old girl comes out of a plane at O’Hare. She looks around in astonishment and keeps her eyes wide open throughout her car ride to the city. It’s the first time she’s seeing Chicago. The skyscrapers, the lake, the beaches, the neighborhoods – each of them with… Read More The Last Five Years