A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #7: Philip Johnson of The Philiad
April 9, 2011

A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #7: Philip Johnson of The Philiad

Welcome to episode 7 in my infinite series of expat interviews. Today I bring you the eloquent and witty Phil of the brilliant Philiad (pa-dum!). Phil lives in Guadalajara, Mexico for now, and rumor has it he’ll be heading of to NYU come September to …

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A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #6: Fiona Reilly of Life on Nanchang Lu
April 4, 2011

A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #6: Fiona Reilly of Life on Nanchang Lu

Welcome to the sixth interview in my infinite series of one sided conversations with expats (and ex-expats) all over the world. I started this series partly out of curiosity and partly out of a need for me to know I wasn’t alone in having mixed …

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A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #5: Pam Mandel of Nerds Eye View
April 2, 2011

A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #5: Pam Mandel of Nerds Eye View

Welcome to the fifth interview in my infinite series of indirect conversations with expats, repats, half pats and other as yet unnamed pats. This time I bring you one of my personal small-h heroes, the ukelele-toting, penguin-friending, apt-word-writing Pam Mandel of Nerds Eye View. I …

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A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #4: Michelle Lara of I Heart Mondegreens
March 29, 2011

A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #4: Michelle Lara of I Heart Mondegreens

Welcome to part 4 in my as yet infinite series on the varied and multi faceted expat experience.  Today I bring you Michelle Lara of I Heart Mondegreens. Michelle is in Spain for now, working and studying for a Masters degree in translation. She’s married …

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A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #3: Andrew Couch of Grounded Traveler
March 26, 2011

A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #3: Andrew Couch of Grounded Traveler

Welcome to the third in my series of interviews with, ostensibly, expats. And by expats, I mean people who have been broadly defined as such by the fact that they are living somewhere else. It’s not as simple as that though. A bazillion people over …

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A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #2: Connie Hum of Connvoyage
March 24, 2011

A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #2: Connie Hum of Connvoyage

Welcome to the second in my series of interviews with expats, re-pats, un-pats, quarter-pats and half-pats. For this one, I bring you Connie Hum of  Connvoyage. Once upon a time, not too long ago in a parallel universe, Connie had an awesome apartment in New …

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A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #1: Nancy Lewis of Wandering Solo
March 21, 2011

A Totally Impractical Expat Interview #1: Nancy Lewis of Wandering Solo

  Welcome to the first interview in a series that has not yet had its parameters defined. I’ve loosely determined that I want to talk to as many people as possible (or at least until I start annoying people and cease-and-desist comments begin to outnumber …

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A Call To Arms (and Submissions): A New Series on Settledness and Restlessness
March 14, 2011

A Call To Arms (and Submissions): A New Series on Settledness and Restlessness

As you may have noticed, my posts recently have been flailing wildly back and forth on the subject of being settled in a place. It’s not just my posts that are contradicting themselves. I’m waffling on a daily basis, veering between quiet acceptance of being …

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