When my friend Dianna started planning her Louisiana wedding a year ago, one of the first things she told me was, “We’re having a crawfish boil on the Friday night.”… Read more How to Eat a Crawfish (Louisiana, Night One) →
Yesterday began with watching alligators swimming in a bayou outside of New Orleans… and wrapped up with a Mt. Hood sunset, from above. Experiences like this are why I will… Read more From Swamps to Snow Peaks →
We’re on a 5:20 a.m. flight to Louisiana today. I’m leaving my laptop in Portland… and packing these shoes in my suitcase. It’s party time, friends. See you back here… Read more Flying South →
In honour of my cousin Heather’s birthday today, a flashback to our boat journey down the Mekong River in Southern Laos. She was 22. I was 21. Behind the gentleman’s… Read more Postcard: Mekong River Ride, 1999 →
Despite living just a two-and-a-half hour boat ride from Seattle for the bulk of my formative years, I’ve been to the city just three times: once when I was nine, with my next-door neighbour Audra and her mom, once for a girls’ weekend with Leah eight or so years ago, and once in November of 2013, for a 12-hour rendezvous with Gaeli. My memories are as follows: Childhood trip: No idea. We maybe/probably went to the Space Needle? Girls’ weekend with Leah: Dancing at a bar that our restaurant server… Read more Seattle: What Should We Do + See? →
Joe and I spent an afternoon hiking around the outskirts of Pushkar, India in March of 2012. Standing just a few feet away from this mom and baby hugging was… Read more Postcard: Monkey Hug, Pushkar →
In two days a year will have passed since I flew to India, since I left Korea, since I stepped in cow dung on the broken concrete outside our… Read more On Transitions. And the West Coast. And a Bunch of Other Stuff. →
Courtney Tait 