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

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...

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 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’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...

I can complain about the location and geography of Chicago infinite number of times: it is not surrounded by national parks; there isn't...

Let me rewind back to the time where my obsession with Oregon started. Okay, the title also says Washington, but hold onto that for a...