There are plenty of things we would like to do that don’t technically need to happen on any particular day. Go somewhere for the afternoon. Try a restaurant we’ve been talking about. Visit a museum. Take a hike. Drive to a town we haven’t explored. Plan a weekend away. That’s part of what makes them … Read more
We live here. Long enough that the Gateway Arch became part of the skyline instead of somewhere we actually went. Then Tom’s boss and two coworkers came up from Dallas for a work trip. We planned the kind of evening we’d put together for visitors — the Arch grounds, dinner at Ballpark Village, a Cardinals … Read more
Everyday adventure doesn’t require a passport, a vacation day, or a plan that takes longer than ten minutes to make. It took me years to understand that. For a long time, I thought adventure lived somewhere else. On a vacation calendar. At an airport. In a place I wasn’t currently standing. Most of us learn … Read more