Gold Rush Dreams

Usually Sacramento is something I breeze through on my way to Tahoe. This day was different. This day we had a destination in mind. Sacramento, 1839. We were headed to Sutter’s Fort – New Helvetia – to learn about some gold rush history and what shaped California to be the state it is today. As…

Lost Luggage in London

Summer 2015, IcelandAir lost my luggage on my way to London. The city was in the middle of a record setting heatwave and the only clothes on my back were the ones I was wearing in frigid Iceland the day before, a coat, sweater, pants and heeled boots. My dresses and sandals for a Cambridge…