Take Me to the Most Beautiful Places in the World

Four months in Firenze, Italia and my experiences around Europe.

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Dateline Baltics — Fostering Estonian enterprise Our Dateline Baltics site is finally up! Check out my story on start-up companies and business innovation in Estonia: and browse the site for some other really great content by my classmates at Kent State.

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High Class by the Glass

High Class by the Glass

Check out some of my latest work, published in the April issue of The Burr magazine. I featured Kent’s newest wine bar, the Secret Cellar, which opened downtown in December. You can read the online story here.

You can also check out this mini profile I wrote on Parker (Annie) Anderson, a drag queen at Kent State who was featured in the issue’s Most Interesting People package.

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The closing of another adventure

The closing of another adventure

I’m writing this on the plane back to Detroit after spending the last three days in Munich

As I stood among the clouds on top of Mt. Rigi in the Swiss Alps, I realized the sky may not be the limit after all.

and Frankfurt, Germany. My four years ofstudy abroadadventures have come around full-circle. Freshman year my roommate convinced me to sign up for a two-week tour of Germany, Austria and…

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Dateline Baltics

Plot twist: I’m in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. 

Don’t know where that is? Neither did I before November when I signed up for this trip, but it’s a country right next to Russia and across the Baltic sea from Finland. It was formerly part of the Soviet Union and gained its independence in 1991. 

Once again (I sound like a broken record) I didn’t have the time or energy to blog. I’ve been…

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Allora...

Allora… http://wp.me/s2LnbF-allora

I’ve come to the conclusion that I will never be a regular blogger. It’s just not in the cards for me. I’m only posting this now because I’m desperately avoiding the Italian Civilization notes I should be studying for an exam in an hour.

I DID complete my squat challenge last month, doing a grand total of 3,295 squats in 30 days. I will say, my ass is so much tighter. I just want to run around in…

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What worked, what didn't and how I'm fixing it

I have no recollection of January passing by. The beer of the month changed at work and I was like…

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Update: A fresh[er] start

Well, I missed by cardio goal by 45 minutes last week, but my excuse is that I worked a double Monday, had Stater training Tuesday-Friday afternoons and then went straight to work each night and worked another double Saturday. That doesn’t leave much free…

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The Happiness Project

I’m starting a “Happiness Project.” 

I know what you’re thinking.

It’s New Year’s Day and I haven’t used this blog since September, “New Year, new me,” blah blah blah I’ll be over it in a week. It’s the norm, I get it. You can judge me if you want,…

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Me explaining the reason for some of my bad decisions

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Remains Identified as Missing Kent State Student

My phone started blowing up with emails Wednesday during my history class about Taylor Robinson. The 19-year-old former Kent State Stark student who had been missing since May 3 had been found dead. Skeletal remains were found in Cuyahoga Valley National…

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Save a Journalist

In honor of the Plain Dealer cutting subscription and going “digital first,” this is the shirt I…

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When someone asks if I want beer, wine, cocktails or shots:

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More than a roof and four walls

Before you read:This is an old story I wrote for my final paper as a freshman in Intro to…

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Team NEO Finalists

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Lens Star

Lens Star

I got to interview world-famous, award-winning photojournalist Harry Benson about his new book, On the Road: The Beatles 1964-1966, and preview his exhibition, Harry Benson: The Lens of a Legend, which will open tonight at the Contessa Gallery…

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Busy busy busy

Just an update to let the world know that I am, in fact, still alive, despite my two-week absence. Working 28 hours a week at Cleveland Magazine and 40 at the store leaves me with very, very little free time, so I’m still trying to adjust to the new…

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Wardrobe Malfunctions

After analyzing my closet, I own one pair of dress pants and one work-appropriate dress. I have to dress myself four days a week in “casual business attire.” This basically means that if I re-wear the same outfits in different ways four times over the…

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