On the Osa Peninsula, located in the deep south of Costa Rica, an astounding array of wildlife plays forgetful host to the travelers passing through. As the vast abundance of species go about the daily business of eating and avoiding being eaten, they barely recognize visitors' existence, which is a...

In need of a relaxing weekend escape from NYC, my wife and I decided to head up to Newport. The night prior, our dog Paco chewed away a lump on his tail, leaving a fresh open wound. Apparently he heard the debate about getting left behind and decided that drastic...

Irony is often cruel to newborn sea turtles. After hatching, they make a mad dash from sand to sea. The hitch: instead of being equipped with feet designed for running they are outfitted with flippers perfect for swimming that turn out to be an incredibly inefficient means of overland transportation....

"Paddle a bit faster."

This is the sage advice from Chris Prewitt, my surf guru, as a wave is about to have its way with me. I'm in good hands. Chris, a former competitive surfer and global wave-chaser, possesses a commanding calmness and gobs of patience, both helpful virtues...

An important person once said, "A life full of success is a life less lived" -- or maybe I just made that up. There is plenty of success going around, so here is a quick guide to counter that movement and keep things balanced in the world.

1. Don't...

Striking turquoise seas, impossibly soft sand, staff that seems like family, local and organically sourced food... huh? Discovering Hermitage Bay in Antigua shattered a few preconceived notions that I held about the slow food movement. I always assumed that this progressive approach was primarily...

Dear Friends,

I'm tired, and its not for lack of sleep. Wading through the sea of status updates is hard work. And while most of you use status updates to share important achievements (via mySomeday, for instance) and life events, media that is humorous or meaningful and, of...

As it slipped from my hands and gravity took charge, I simply thought, "This is bad." My cat-like reflexes attempted a save but ultimately failed, and there lay my Blackberry at the bottom of what seemed like a very deep body of water filling a very deep porcelain toilet. What...

"Why would I visit Brooklyn when I live in the center of the universe." A popular refrain of many Manhattanite friends and a view I shared up until recently. Having been a West Villager for many years, I am intimately familiar with the ethnocentrism bred by living with cobblestone streets,...

It started out like any other day. A simple to-do list: Bring dog to groomer, pick up laundry, buy some eggs. It was only when I arrived at the dairy aisle that it got more complicated. Here were my options:

A. Cage Free
B. Free Range
C. Farm...

It's that time of year again: gingerbread lattes at Starbucks and a bunch of self-proclaimed 'experts' bestowing hackneyed advice on how to make your New Years resolutions stick. As an alternative, I decided to interview a few members of the mySomeday community that actually achieved their goals to...

When Maia James asked her now-husband, Daylon, what he was going to wear during their wedding ceremony, he replied, "That's a game-time decision, babe."

"Game-time" was also when he suggested they decide on the cake, music, and flowers (and Maia swears he was only half kidding). Luckily for Daylon,...

Recently on mySomeday, I came across A4S4L4 who planned to document a holocaust survivor's story and then did so. We featured this completed Someday on the site and interviewed her about the process.

During that interview, she...

I've got goals, lots of them if I'm being honest. In the past, the following scene played itself out countless times:

A cafe in NYC. Enter Joseph, an enthusiastic and perpetual dreamer. He sits at a table with two of his closest Friends.