Amaris Vitae

I got a taste of spring in Lisbon this weekend, and it was GLORIOUS. I was able to wear shorts and short sleeves, so my thigh meat was...

After just a little over a month, Portugal has broken me.  I had an interesting conversation with my friend Albert, who immigrated from...

I’ve spent a fair amount of time thinking about the concept of home and how it can be defined.  It can be a place, an idea, a sense of...

When it comes to the most significant events in my life, there is generally a song or ambient music present.  This is the first week that...

My apartment in Lisbon sits on a busy corner in Campolide – a less touristy, mainly Portuguese-populated neighborhood in NW Lisbon.  I...

I cried all the way home from Northern Virginia to Atlanta after visiting family and friends for the Thanksgiving Holiday of 2022.  Deep,...