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Life This Week in Hanoi, Vietnam: Sep 21-27, 2026

Monday, September 21 Slept through the night for once so got right up at 7:30 and headed out.

September 28, 2026
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Life This Week in Hanoi, Vietnam: Sep 14-20, 2026

Monday, Sep 14 Oh, today was a DOOZY!!! I feel like I say that a lot. Today was

September 21, 2026
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Life This Week in Hanoi, Vietnam: Sep 7-13, 2026

Always. Trying. To. Get. Caught. Up. Hence two posts this week. Was a fairly quiet week…coworking, walking around,

September 17, 2026
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Life This Week in Hanoi, Vietnam: Aug 31-Sep 6, 2026

Monday, Aug 31 Today was a sort of productive (?) day. My main goal was to look at

September 14, 2026
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Life These Weeks in Hanoi, Vietnam: August 16-30, 2026

And so I left Ho Chi Minh City (not sad) and arrived in Hanoi. A several hour uneventful

September 8, 2026
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Living Outside the U.S. ~ The Real Trade-Offs No One Talks About

For the past three years I’ve lived mostly outside the U.S. It’s been exciting, disorienting and exhausting….but worth

April 28, 2026
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That Time I Took A Thai Cooking Class

On the agenda: a Thai cooking class with my TikTok friend, who’s in Chiang Mai for a week.

March 3, 2026
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Life This Week+ in Chiang Mai Thailand: Jan 1-5, 2026

I’m Over Here Now! Since these were the longest 10 days in history, I made an executive decision

January 12, 2026
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This Week in South Korea: July 14-20, 2025

I’M LEAVING KOREA IN THREE WEEKS. Sorry, just had to say that out loud in the hopes that

July 22, 2025
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Life This Week in South Korea: July 7-13, 2025

Monday, July 7 Big News! I left the building! Ha ha. I walked with friend K to the

July 14, 2025
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