Travel microtrend: Creative sabbaticals in tier-2 cities
Forget Paris. Ditch Tulum. A growing tribe of creatives is heading off the beaten track—not to unplug, but to reboot. Enter the creative sabbatical…
Quirky coworking spaces in Chicago and the suburbs
Finding cool coworking spaces in Chicago and the suburbs used to be easy. There were so many with crazy amenities and unlimited coffee. Then the pandemic hit. Now, it’s a lot harder to find a spot where you can get things done, in a creative setting. Let’s check out a…
View from the top: A day at the University Club of Chicago
Chicago plays host to many storied private clubs promising networking at a higher level than most of us are used to (is it just me hoping for a scene from Trading Places?). Today, they aren’t out of reach, or the snooty boys’ clubs you might imagine. Though you do require a…
Life gets in the way – or why I haven’t written in 8 months
So I haven’t written for a hot second – at least that’s what I’m calling the last eight months – and I hate that work + life has gotten in the way! It coincided with starting improv classes at Second City, which also had me auditioning for an ensemble and…
Breather: Airbnb for office space?
It’s difficult not to be aware of the limitations of working from home: No professional spot conference room to host clients, and sometimes, they themselves…
Work as you go: Lauren Rees of Last Fiasco Run
This post by Lauren Rees of Last Fiasco Run is one of a series of interviews with digital nomads, and their experiences (good and bad). If you’d like to be interviewed, check it out! I have never been good with money, that’s why it took me so long to finally leave…
KnowRoaming makes scouting wifi & phone service abroad seamless
So far in my WTT travels, I’ve only done one trek out of the US, to Canada (Toronto. is. amazing.). But when I did, roaming didn’t seem to work for me and my wifi options were dismal at the hotel. For someone whose work is almost all online, it was…
Coconuts and grammar tenses: Teaching English abroad
I love finding digital nomads to share their stories! Here’s Jessica with Jetlag’s take on working remotely by teaching English. Want to write a guest post? Shoot me an email. I first left the UK because I had a job abroad. I’d been studying for 18 years and needed out,…
Chicago Staycation: Loews Chicago
Living in Chicago, it’s easy to get used to all the tall buildings, amazing restaurants and endless list of things to do. To be bored of…
Too busy to digital nomad: Ain’t no such thing
It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve blogged, and I wish I could blame it on the usual: Too much to do, and I haven’t traveled much. Both are true, but they’re also wrong. Too much to do. True, I’ve been deadline after deadline, plus site hackings, day-to-day work and…