I cant wait! I'm curently in line waiting to get my ticket checked in and to board the airplane. This is my first time going to another continent and I cant believe it's going to be Japan! I'm so excited to leave behind the snowy trees for the beautiful cherry blossoms! Oh, looks like I'm up next. Wish me luck and good travels! =] Flight Info an...

Starting Budget : $10,000 = 6,474.12 Euro (LUXURY) -$1,364.75 (Flight) = 5,526.15 Euro -472,00 Euro (Hotel Alameda w/ breakfast) -20,00 Euro (taxi from airport) -51,00 Euro (Hamburg Transit Cards) -15,00 Euro (snacks/groceries) -11,00 Euro (dinner at hotel) -8,50 Euro (Alster-Boat Ride) -13,00 Euro (lunch at Cafe' Leinpfad) -15,00 Euro (earrings...

So. Here is where I was born.  It was an emergency and so I popped out at Cook County Hospital. Believe me you wouldn't wish that place on Dick Cheney. Maybe Ann Coulter? Can you say "the worst hospital on earth?" Anyway. I was born here in Chicago- decades ago. You can look up the exact location on Google Earth.  I was only in Chicago...

Today we went out to explore with Sarah, taking the brown train north to the sedgwick stop, oak park area, and walking north up to Armitage ave. I bought some good moccaisins at Hanigs, and we saw lots of cute boutiques. I ended up buying all of Alicia's wedding gifts at Art Effect, and then we hopped on the train at the Armitage step next to it...

You may have noticed that I haven't given away too much info about my new job, but now I definitely feel comfortable explaining exactly what it is I was just hired to do. If you take a look you might notice my newly added banner up top (it's been there for the past month or so) for Save the Children and that's because my new job is working as a ...