Just a heads up that you can follow along with me and my parents on Instagram or on Snapchat (maptattoogirl) while we explore the Bay of Islands and the South Island!
Category: family and friends
dear mom and dad: a collaboration series
hello fellow bloggers! I am looking for travelers to write a letter to their parents (or anyone)… maybe things you wish they knew, a thank you, … anything you want to say! This is an ongoing series. Please email all submissions and questions to sarah@paperinkandpassports.com happy travels!
on spending the holidays away from home
2015 marks the 6th year that i’ve spent holidays away from my family. the first time i did it, i was studying abroad in glasgow. our hosts held a thanksgiving party in edinburgh for us, and the pumpkin pie was made with real pumpkin (it was gross.) in 2008, i went home for christmas but…
travel essay: sittin’ on the dock of the lake
I’m reminiscing in this travel essay. When I was a child, my parents and extended family rented a lakeside lodge in Jamaica Point, Maine for two summers. I was maybe nine or ten when we first got it. I always wished we could have continued going, but the owners sold a few summers later and…
on the loss of the road
i grew up in the country. true, it’s near a suburb, and yes it only takes about twenty minutes to get to all my favourite targets, starbucks, and anthropologie… but to get to the house i grew up in, you leave the suburbs behind, go down the hill, cross the railroad tracks and the river,…
puzzle timelapse
once upon a time a few months ago, my brother n and i threw a puzzle out on the kitchen table and set up my gopro so that we could timelapse the puzzle. well…. we got about an hour in and realised it didn’t have any edge pieces (what puzzle doesn’t have edge pieces?!?) and…
the newest addition
last week, i picked up the darlingest little man named finnegan from the local animal shelter. he’s a 3 1/2 month old boxer mix. welcome to the family, finnegan!