• My Top Ten Experiences in Cuba

    Traveling in Cuba wasn’t all introspection about tourism and musing on economics – no, we definitely had a lot of fun on our people-to-people tour as well. We crammed a lot in our eight brief days on the island,…

  • Money, Power, and Capitalism in Cuba

    Our tour bus bounced through the streets of a small Cuban city, and our national guide craned his neck to look out the window. “I can tell you,” he said, “just by looking at the houses, who…

  • 30 Countries in 30 Years

    There are birthdays and then there are BIRTHDAYS. And I’ve had some good birthdays. There was the year we threw an international spy themed party and I wore a fascinator. There was the year Boyfriend took me…