Becky Underwater.

March 22, 2011 The Adventure Project

So, I love water.  Shouldn’t be a surprise to most people who know me. I think my affection started sometime around 18 months old, when my parents took me sailing.  Either it was my love for water that caused me to fall overboard, or it explains my nickname, “bowling ball head.” Thankfully, I learned to [...]

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Chipotle. A Love Affair.

March 7, 2011 My Misadventures

Living on a budget is hard.  Especially in NY.  And especially when you’re not technically earning an income. Life lesson: You should probably make money before you spend it.  They should write that on a tea bag.  Or a Dove chocolate wrapper.  Somewhere I could’ve read it and taken note. But last week I spotted [...]

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Hey Lady, Take It Off!

February 10, 2011 My Misadventures

The morning after my last post I woke up with a headache. Some sort of bloggers hangover. I rolled over and thought, “What have I done?!” As my roommate, Amy, put it, “That post was SO personal, I can’t believe you blogged about that.” I rubbed my head and drank a pot of coffee. “Should [...]

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The Problem with Start-Ups

January 25, 2011 My Misadventures

It’s snowing and freezing. I slept three hours last night because of India jetlag.  I spent the rest of the night crying into my pillow about how I wanted to sleep, and wondering if I have stomach worms. Finally got up at 6 AM to discover my bookshelf had decided to remove all of its shelves…making [...]

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Shine.

January 14, 2011 Travel

Today I spent my first day in India, eating very spicy things that I now regret, while writing about Cote d’Ivoire. Be prepared.  I am about to tell you about the time I traveled with my sorority sister through a rebel-held territory. I know what you’re thinking. Yes. That sounds exactly like Legally Blonde. As [...]

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When I’m 85.

January 2, 2011 My Misadventures

The first two days of every new year are always exhausting.  Like many of us, Jan. 1st appears so it can remind me of all the bad habits I must get rid of… And to teach me a lesson in not drinking so much the night before.  Then the 2nd rolls around to say, “By [...]

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Three things and one thousand steps.

December 14, 2010 My Misadventures

Three things happened today. 1. I spent a few hours in the chic Ace Hotel’s lobby this afternoon.  It’s the type of hotel where they put designs in the foam of your coffee, and people wear a lot of “thoughtful” glasses. And hats. So there I was, pretending to be one of those “thoughtful” people, working [...]

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Love in a Time of Cholera.

December 4, 2010 Uncategorized

The article I wrote for John Hopkins is here!  I guess they posted it on Wednesday and forgot to tell me.  Thanks to my shameless self-stalking, my Google AdWords pulled it up last night.  I was terrified that for two important days people had been reading my article and I wasn’t there to respond to [...]

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A Modern Thanksgiving

November 25, 2010 The Adventure Project

This morning I woke up early and baked cinnamon rolls.  As long as your definition of baking involves turning on an oven, removing the plastic film from around the tray and putting them in the oven – then I baked them.               I bought them last night during my [...]

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Either I’m having a stroke, drank too much coffee, or launched a non-profit today.

November 23, 2010 Start-Up

I’m hoping it’s two out of three. But it’s here. http://theadventureproject.org/ And I’m excited. Lord knows what’s ahead. Hopefully a lot of coal in stockings this year. Otherwise, family, you know what you’re getting for xmas.

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