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• Romance is Overrated: Why We Suck at Romantic Gestures

  

  One of the (many) things I hate about pop culture is how it sets up expectations for grand, sweeping romantic gestures from our significant others. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Class, Race, and Money: My Response to Rookie Mag

  

  Every once in while you stumble across something online that just sparks SO MANY FEELINGS that you have to respond in some way. For me, this discussion piece... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Link Love (Powered by Lasagne and Validation)

  

  How things change. A few years ago we paid $200 or $300 for a 500MB external hard drive. It was huge and had an external AC power plug. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• What Qualifies a Hobby, Anyway?

  

  I’ve been thinking about how identify ourselves – both internally, and to others. Even in those past few years when I picked my guitar up maybe once or twice a... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Finance = Money & Money = Sexy. If Only My 13-year-old Self Had Known That

  

  In which I reflect on my financial education to date, inspired by Blonde on a Budget’s post about financial literacy in schools. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Four of the Best Travel Apps for Your RTW Trip

  

  How on earth did people cope before the digital age? (Rhetorical question.) Everyone has their own preferences, but here are the apps I lived by on our RTW... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Link Love (Powered by Seafood and Nightmares)

  

  Just the other day on LinkedIn I saw that an old friend had a new freelance role at an agency in New York. It’s been years and years now since we pored over... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• My Favourite Asian Restaurants in Auckland Right Now

  

  Favourite Auckland Chinese noodle restaurant We have SO many good Chinese restaurants in Auckland, it’s hard to pick. So I figured I’d zero right in specificall... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Five Things You May Not Know About New Zealand

  

  Thinking about visiting me soon? (If not, you should be…) It’s okay to not know these things. The only unforgivable sin is confusing anything Kiwi with... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Do You Wait for the Dream Job?

  

  I’ve found a new hobby. And nerdy as it sounds, that hobby is writing cover letters. Job hunting is so much easier when you have a passion for an industry.... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Link Love (Powered by Late Nights and New Friends)

  

  Okay, it’s not quite five years on from when I wrote this post, but when I randomly stumbled across it while previewing a post I was working on, I decided now... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• I Love My Job Because…

  

  It’s hard to believe sometimes when you’re entrenched in the digital world, but not everyone hates their job and wants to quit. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Things That Stoke My Travel Itch

  

  There are so many things that trigger the travel bug for me. All those email deals that pop up in my inbox. Friends’ travel photos, especially of places I... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Carnival of Personal Finance #455: Books, Tax Refunds, Growing up and More

  

  Curating great reads is one of my hobbies, as regular readers know (when was the last time I missed a weekly Link Love?) and doing it for a blog carnival is... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Adventures in the Kitchen: Potato Cakes with Salmon and Eggs

  

  When your attempts to recreate that wonderful, simple, smoked salmon pasta you enjoyed in Italy fall flat, the next step – naturally – is to panic and wonder... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Link Love (Powered by Bowling and Butter Chicken)

  

  I really love my work. As with any job, a certain amount of repetition is involved – that’s necessary to actually build expertise. I write about the same... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• What Do You Eat for Breakfast?

  

  By: Meg Lessard Breakfast is one meal in which I just cannot embrace the healthy option. I can do muesli / oats for a while but eventually get sick of it after ... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• How to Deal with a Layoff Gracefully: Advice for Couples

  

  Like I blogged just last week, sometimes I feel like we’re never going to get ahead financially. Still, things are what they are and whinging never got anyone... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• The Single Most Defining Food Experience of My Life…

  

  was not an expensive meal out at a fancy restaurant or some outlandish delicacy in an exotic country. No, it was a span of three weeks at a country farmhouse... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Link Love (Powered by Dumplings and Blazers)

  

  I like to think that overall I do a good job of playing the role of functioning adult, the kind who contributes to society and all that kind of thing. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL