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Salmorejo Cordobés

Salmorejo, a typical dish from the city of Córdoba, is a tomato and bread based purée that can actually knock your socks off. Just kidding, but, it’s that darn good! I first tried it last year, when Tim and I visited Córdoba for my pre-birthday weekend festivities. I might be obsessed with…

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My Secret for World Domination

Wow, y’all must really mean something to me if I’m letting you in on my secret for WORLD DOMINATION. Seriously, is this relationship getting that serious? Where are my flowers and chocolates? Just kidding, I’m much more fond of plane tickets, souvenirs, and post cards with a handwritten note on…

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Creating My Own (Unconventional) Lifestyle

To be honest, I had one desk job in my entire life. It was an internship with a communications and event planning boutique in the Washington, D.C. area, and I didn’t even get paid! If I’m going to be extremely truthful, I was “let go” after one month of my…

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My Experience as an Asian American in Spain

I consider the United States of America to be a “melting pot” or, as my ex-roomie says, a “salad bowl”, of different cultures, immigrants, religions, people, languages, etc. I’m going to first start off by saying that I am not extremely patriotic in the stereotypical sense. I don’t walk around…

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What Living Abroad Has Taught Me:

Living abroad sounds like a fairytale, dream come true; and on some days that’s exactly what I felt like. And, well, on other days… I felt like I totally did not belong. For me, I think that if everyone has the opportunity to live abroad for a few months, take…

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