The Tao of Me

Ponytail Falls
I am not a hiker. I have never been a hiker. In fact, I’ve hated it ever since I was forced to go to Girls Camp every summer. But now I think I’m ready to become a fan of hiking. Oregon is full of great hiking areas so Lauren and I planned to go [...]

I’m visiting Vancouver (Washington, not BC) – my home away from home, away from home. Its just across the Columbia River from Portland and about three hours south of Seattle. Total suburbs but beautiful area.
I got in late Friday and was supposed to do a 7-mile run on Saturday, but instead, spent the entire day [...]

its been almost a year and half since i visited paris – i miss it so much. these are video clips of some of the street performers i encountered while strolling the streets of paris.
(i tried to upload using the blogger tool but i guess the files were too large so now i’m experimenting [...]

i arrived in portland in the wee hours of the morning and am visiting vancouver, just on the other side of the columbia gorge.
here’s what i woke up to this morning:

can you see the snow still falling! its going to be a white christmas!

i’m one of hundreds of thousands of travelers trying to get to my family for christmas. and with just my luck, my destination, portland, oregon, had a major snow dump.
so last night, in anticipation of a long delay, i used a coupon to get a one-day pass to united’s red carpet room. i’d experienced it [...]

there’s two places i’d love to be this holiday season:
1. what’s better than christmas in new york?!?

doesn’t rockefeller center look so festive?!?

photos from the new york daily photo blog – http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com
2. paris is magical any time of the year, so i can only imagine how special it is during the christmas season. one day i [...]

from the “paris daily photo” blog — my favorite!