Stories from Almost Fearless

  1. Found In Translation: Week 1 (VIDEO)

    Almost Fearless &bull Feb 1, 2012

    The only way to really talk about learning a language, is to talk about it. Full Story »

  2. And Then We Found An Apartment

    Almost Fearless &bull Jan 30, 2012

    A friend said this to me via email, "You know, you're not selling Beijing to me. You really aren't. To be fair I never had much of a desire to go there before, but now? Not at all." Okay, does… Full Story »

  3. Pop Quiz: Parenting #Fail

    Almost Fearless &bull Jan 27, 2012

    Weekly photo: Where is Cole? Location: Some hotel, Beijing, China Can you guess the number of parenting fails in this photo? Despite my entirely misleading photo last week of Cole clothed, and outside, this is in fact a lie, and… Full Story »

  4. The Peking Experience

    Almost Fearless &bull Jan 26, 2012

    We had peking duck at Da Dong restaurant, which is recommended by Timeout Beijing and my friend Jodi (from legalnomads.com) as the quintessential Beijing Peking Duck experience. The restaurant is beautiful. Full Story »

  5. Travel Inspiration Roulette

    Almost Fearless &bull Jan 25, 2012

    It's mid-winter and for many of us, that means it's time for a little inspiration. I've been playing with Pinterest which lets you make your own "inspiration boards" and I wondered if I could do something like that here. Full Story »

  6. The Best New and Not-So-New Travel Blogs for 2012

    Almost Fearless &bull Jan 17, 2012

    In November, I asked for submissions of new travel blogs, started in 2011. I wanted to curate a list of the best 100. Full Story »

  7. The Only Place With More Fog Than San Francisco is Beijing

    Almost Fearless &bull Jan 10, 2012

    I woke up to an expanse of white outside my apartment window. Our 25th floor apartment has a wall dedicated to the view: tall windows that stretch up to the ceiling and cover half of the apartment length. Normally, I… Full Story »

  8. The Uncomfortable Truth About Being Productive

    Almost Fearless &bull Jan 8, 2012

    This post is not entirely travel related, but I figure that balancing priorities is something that everyone struggles with and it's something that I've been thinking about quite a bit. Full Story »

  9. Last Moments in Chiang Mai

    Almost Fearless &bull Dec 29, 2011

    Even as I type this, I'm 6 hours away from our flight to China, not packed, and in complete denial. We are leaving Chiang Mai! At moments I'm heartbroken, imagining all the fun I'll be missing with the friends I've… Full Story »

  10. The Small Task of Learning Mandarin

    Almost Fearless &bull Dec 26, 2011

    It's not a simple question to answer, not because I don't have an answer, but because with any other language I've studied I've never had to answer it. French is sexy, cool. Spanish is easy, practical. On the other hand, Mandarin is hard, unintuitive. Or at least these are the stereotypes. We picked Beijing because they speak Mandarin everywhere. It's not commonly known outside… Full Story »

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