Posts categorized: New Year’s Eve

Post-surf sess, Esterillos Este, Costa Rica

I’ve decided that 2014 will be the year of the Costa Rica surf camp. It’s a trip I’ve wanted to take since 2007 when my best friend Krista and I embarked on our epic two week road trip along the California coast (you know, the trip that inspired my travel writing). We took a couple of surf lessons in San Diego and Santa Cruz, and we were hooked. Of course, seven years later, I’m still a fledgling surfer, at best. […]

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The Wanderlust Chameleon on stage with NERVO asking, "Can I be your third sister?"

This was the most last minute party planning for New Year’s Eve I’ve done in years. It wasn’t until Saturday afternoon that I confirmed my partners in crime and bought my party tickets. I found my awesome day-glo yellow BCBG dress the morning of and couldn’t figure out dinner reservations in time, so instead opted for a decadent lunch at the Cheesecake Factory at the Aventura Mall (complete with a Veuve split, of course) with my good friend Betsy. I guzzled […]

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Lisa, Shayne, & Krista on a balcony in Midtown Atlanta.

It all started on a kibbutz in the Negev Desert at the brink of a New Year. I was a college girl from the University of Georgia exploring the Holy Land on winter break with Birthright Israel. Little did I know that on those long bus rides from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea and Tel Aviv to Tzvat, sitting next to my new friend Lisa, I was sparking a friendship that would stand the test of time for over a […]

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