Invisible lines: What’s it really like on the U.S.-Mexico border?
This article recounts my experience at the U.S.-Mexico border on my last trip to El Paso, Texas. The first time that I visited El Paso,...
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Lacey Ramirez
- Jun 18, 2018
- 5 min
Vines, wine, and family time: How my love for the drink took root
When most Southern Illinoisan kids hit age 21, we transition into adulthood with momentous ritual celebration. Our rites of passage into...
Lacey Ramirez
- Apr 18, 2018
- 3 min
Adventures in Austrian Wine-land
Once upon a time, on a late-March morning, I awoke with heavy lids in an enchanting farmhouse in the midst of sunny Austrian forests and...
Lacey Ramirez
- Jan 16, 2018
- 3 min
Cooking lessons in Mexico: Sugar
My love affair with spice began a new and sizzling chapter when I visited Mexico for New Year’s Eve. However, I cannot deny my feelings...
Lacey Ramirez
- Jan 10, 2018
- 3 min
Cooking lessons in Mexico: Spice
In many places that I travel, I find myself failing to fit in as a fair-featured and free-spirited foreigner. Mexico was no exception to...
Lacey Ramirez
- Oct 8, 2017
- 2 min
Headspace
Out of principle, my life choices are motivated by passion. I operate to the tune of my heart, constantly chasing opportunities with...
Lacey Ramirez
- Aug 6, 2017
- 2 min
Beauty in Bagan: Sunrise Runs in Pagoda Land
In a word, Bagan was awakening. A four-day escape to this haven of central Myanmar was nowhere near enough. I could have endlessly...
Lacey Ramirez
- Jun 14, 2017
- 4 min
I know why the caged bird sings: Broken ribs, breaking free
Yangon is a place of a multitude of paradoxes and surprises. It’s firey hot, but drowned like a sleeping cat in the cool downpour of...
Lacey Ramirez
- Jun 2, 2017
- 4 min
Sugar and spice make everything nice: Sensations of Bangkok
Solo traveling in Bangkok, Thailand felt like diving headfirst into a dream. Aside from the sheer thrill of it all – having abruptly...
Lacey Ramirez
- Mar 22, 2017
- 4 min
Lessons learned from Spanish coffee: Sipping strategies to achieve your dreams
Coffee is a divine liquid that has inspired centuries of enlightened thinking and social change. It drives our current society, filling...
Lacey Ramirez
- Feb 27, 2017
- 5 min
Why not try tea-traveling?
My English roots made tea a staple sight in my childhood. Yet tea for me was not an early love affair. Instead, I vividly remember...
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