Two years have passed since we moved to Washington State from Chicago. We drove 500 miles across the state with most of our belongings...

If your English is at intermediate level or higher, and you want to improve your English skills, then I suggest applying the following...

We were so proud of ourselves for booking a camping site months ago for the 4th of July weekend, which we usually fail to do so. Blake...

"We are turning 30 this year, what are we gonna do?", a text message with a panicky underlying tone read on my phone from my best friend....

Five years of PhD education went by so quickly, I wanted to say, but the truth is it was a difficult path to undertake and I am so happy...

My "precious" is not a ring to rule them all, but instead books and notebooks where blood, sweat, and tears have gone into making them.

As the flight tickets get expensive around holidays, I try to pick destinations within reasonable driving distance from Chicago. Given...

Running, surprisingly, transformed my emotionally abusive relationship with harsh Chicago winter into a healthy one. Before getting into...

One can manage to fit in so many activities in one day in Colorado that one comes to think that time expands there. When you are back...

Many times I passed through the Indy city without making a proper stop. I rolled my eyes at the silhouette of the high-rise buildings,...

While Chicago is about to get colder than Mount Everest, Antarctica, and Siberia in the upcoming days, I decide to sit down on my couch...

As year 2018 draws to an end, I would like to start a new tradition on my blog: sharing my favorite books, podcasts, tv shows, movies,...

As we are about to wrap up another year, I like to reflect back on the events of this year--happy, proud, and grateful moments. Time...

Influx of tourists and locals flowing down the narrow streets surrounded by historic buildings, live music coming out of bars, soul food,...

It rained; it snowed; and then the sun emerged from behind the clouds. We came to see the vibrant colors of fall to New Hampshire; but it...

I had this spiteful attitude towards nonfiction books, in particular autobiographies, self-help books, memoirs, since an early age. A...

I’ve been thinking about what it is about California that makes me feel at home, and I found the answer on my weekend trip to Lake Tahoe...

For a Ph.D. student based in Chicago, I’ve been writing an awful lot of Colorado-based posts in my blog. There is a reason behind it:...

If you had one day to spend time in a place, what would be your strategy? Divide and conquer? Find the shortest path between the places...

We all want to go to Bali, Maldives, Fijis, Bora Bora: exotic places that are at least 8 flight hours away from home, right? Only the...