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Maldives Getaway
BLUF: this was the best five-day vacation ever! Though the Maldives were never on my list of must-see destinations. There was something...
Jun 2, 2024


50 Work Outfits Challenge
Dressing for work has become somewhat of a hobby. My bright blazers rarely go unnoticed by my colleagues and I’ve been asked more than...
Apr 30, 2024


6-Week Marathon Journey (Part 3)
Final installment! Here are Part 1 and Part 2. Race Day The NN Rotterdam marathon 2024 started at 10:00 AM for elite runners, and at...
Apr 24, 2024


6-Week Marathon Journey (Part 2)
While consistent and thorough training obviously matters, a big part of running long distance is getting into the right mental state of...
Apr 20, 2024


6-Week Marathon Journey (Part 1)
Oops, I did it again! My second full marathon is officially on the books. It felt like a mission impossible, but I managed. This is a...
Apr 17, 2024


Sri Lanka Trip
We just spent our spring family vacation in Sri Lanka: nine days of beach, hills, and cities. Our first stop after landing in Colombo was...
Apr 13, 2024


Getting my scuba diving certification
Last week I took a week long trip with my family to Sri Lanka. We stayed in several places (Colombo, Unawatuna beach, Ella, Kandy) but my...
Mar 28, 2024


11 Running Principles I Swear By
To celebrate 15 years of running, completing 3 half marathons in 2024 so far, and not having knee pain anymore, I’m making a list of my...
Feb 24, 2024


Fear of change
I recently started intermittent fasting. It’s partially an experiment (my husband is really into health and nutrition) and partially due...
Feb 17, 2024


Working in a visa mill
Mumbai has one of the biggest U.S. consular sections in the world and is referred to as a “visa mill” among officers. So far, I’ve...
Feb 10, 2024


TDY in Kolkata
Kolkata is India’s third largest city, located in the northeast of India near the border with Bangladesh. I should have checked a map or...
Feb 3, 2024


Why I love running and 21k (half marathon) is the perfect distance
This weekend I completed a half marathon in exactly two hours. Is that a good time? Depends, I guess. Objectively speaking it’s a good,...
Feb 1, 2024


I’m in a book
I would lie if I said I hadn’t thought about turning this blog into a book somehow. But as much as I’d like the idea of being an “author”...
Jan 25, 2024


Daily annoyances, Indian edition.
It took me a year and half to come up with enough annoyances to write about, which makes Indians—in my estimation—less annoying than some...
Jan 22, 2024


The few countries I still want to see
There are about 200 countries in the world, but it recently occurred to me that visiting about 40 of them might be more than enough—I’m...
Jan 8, 2024


100 things that made my year in 2023
2023 was a fine year overall. It felt like a year of progress professionally, and generally life was good in India. I celebrated ten...
Jan 2, 2024


What it takes to look good as a woman
I love fashion. And to create a good “look” I feel like I also have to do something about my hair and face, because that’s part it. But I...
Dec 30, 2023


Where is home?
Home is where the heart is, of course. Home is where my own little family is. This is something I rarely question. Not that I don’t think...
Dec 19, 2023


The ultimate travel wardrobe + packing list
Packing all the right things can be hard. When I travel I want to be comfortable, prepared for any type of weather, look good… and pack...
Dec 12, 2023


Chennai cyclone: a Foreign Service moment
So I just flew from Mumbai to Chennai for a one-week work exchange. It’s the kind of thing the State Department offers (when finances...
Dec 5, 2023
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