Travel

Disney

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Spotify At the beginning of every year, Adi and I make something we like to call, The Mind Movie.  I know what you might be asking:  What exactly is a Mind Movie?  Well, being great believers in the concept that what you think you become, a Mind Movie is a visualization technique used to manifest whatever goals and desires we may have by creating a mental mind movie showing us having already “accomplished” these goals.  The idea behind this is to create a vivid, multisensory experience in our mind to illustrate to us what achieving these goals would actually look, […]

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Paris

Paris: The Heist

Listen on Spotify (The following is an excerpt from my book We’ll Always Have Paris) “My phone is missing!” Adi said as we exited Notre Dame. We were now officially into hour two of knowing each other, and Adi had become the victim of a time-honored tradition when visiting Paris.  She was pickpocketed—faster, maybe, than anyone in the history of modern civilization. “Are you sure?” I asked, trying to remain calm. “I just had it back at Notre Dame.  I know I had it because I sent a text to my sister telling her that I had arrived.  It was

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Bald Head Island

A Bald Head Island Odyssey: Be the Lighthouse

Bald Head Island is a gem; I almost hesitate to write about it because bringing too much attention to this hidden oasis might ruin the charm of this exclusive little getaway off the coast of Wilmington, NC.  Adi and I returned to Bald Head for the second straight year to lead a yoga and meditation retreat for Lighthouse Film Company that is based in Wilmington and is owned by our friends, Brad and Andrea Walker. Brad and Andrea are truly exceptional people—they care.  They care about each other, they care about their family, and they care about the people who

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Wildflowers

Smelling the Roses (and Bluebonnets)

Bluebonnets: A Texas Springtime Adventure Spring is in the air and with it comes the wonder of Texas wildflowers.  It’s become somewhat of a rite in passage in Texas to take a Sunday drive through the country roads to drink in the majesty of the myriad of colors that paint the landscape of ranches and remote, endless swaths of land that lay pretty much untouched on the outskirts of the major cities.  Adi and I decided to take our annual drive twice this weekend in celebration of her birthday, which happens every April 14. Both of us have felt old

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Vicksburg: Cradle of the Civil War

Listen on Spotify Vicksburg: Adi and I were excited.  For the second consecutive year, we were heading to Bald Head Island to lead a yoga and meditation retreat for Lighthouse Film Company that is based in Wilmington, NC.  Incidentally, our friends Brad and Andrea Walker own LFC and Brad and I go back many years when we worked on a couple of short films that I wrote and directed while Brad was the cinematographer on the production. Brad and I speak the same film language—“dolphin squeals”—this is how people describe our language.  We bonded early on in our friendship talking

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