Lizzie Hessek
The Happy Water Cure
Dawn broke as the van snaked around the mountain faces of Northwest Vietnam. In the pale blue light, we saw children in traditional garb...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Aug 24, 2018
- 4 min
A Tale of Two Valleys
I've been part of a wine club with friends from grad school for over 5 years now. The wine club has survived jobs starting and stalling...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Oct 27, 2017
- 6 min
Treachery and Beauty: Life Lessons from Hiking in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania rocks. It rocks in the figurative sense of being super great, and it rocks in the sense that there are literal stones,...
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Lizzie Hessek
- May 19, 2017
- 6 min
Islands you Didn't Know Existed: Atlantic Edition
In theory, I hate the beach. I don't like getting dirty from the sand. I don't like salt water. I don't like getting sunburns, and for...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Apr 6, 2017
- 4 min
A Very Parisian Sunday Treasure Hunt
This is the sixth Queer Martha treasure hunt that takes you to some of the most Parisian parts of Paris hidden in plain sight. Check out...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Nov 23, 2016
- 3 min
A Multicultural Parisian Treasure Hunt
This is the fifth Queer Martha treasure hunt that takes you to some of the least French parts of Paris. Check out the Romantic Treasure...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Aug 16, 2016
- 7 min
How to Throw a Killer International Family Reunion
My father's mother has always been something of a legend in my life. She died when I was about two years old, and I have no memory of...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Aug 15, 2016
- 3 min
You are Now Leaving the 21st Century
Hello friends! I hope you are keeping cool in the godforsaken heatwave of sadness and suffering! I wrote last week about my cousin...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Aug 12, 2016
- 5 min
A Tale of Two Pubs
My favorite thing about Dublin was the pub culture. Every night, Rachel and I would push open a pair of heavy wooden doors, grab a stool...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jun 21, 2016
- 3 min
Mind the Nettles and the Brambles
We're back from Ireland! What an amazing journey it was. If you ever get the chance to hangout with 90 of your 10th cousins for a...
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Lizzie Hessek
- May 23, 2016
- 4 min
The Parisian Death and Destruction Treasure Hunt
This is the fourth Queer Martha treasure hunt that takes you to some of the hidden gems of Paris. Check out the Highlights Hunt here, the...
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Lizzie Hessek
- May 3, 2016
- 4 min
Japan in Two Weeks: a Queer Martha Itinerary
It's a grey, rainy night in Philadelphia. A perfect evening to definitely not get out of bed. I am under covers with Rachel sleeping on...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Apr 27, 2016
- 6 min
Queer Casablanca
One Monday night in late March, Rachel and I were stumbling through the streets of Shinjuku-2-chome looking for a warm place to rest our...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Apr 11, 2016
- 5 min
How to Beat Jet Lag to the Punch (and Other Tips for Coming Home from Vacation)
Rachel and I arrived home from Japan Thursday night, and I am excited to share our adventures with you. It was a perfect trip, and Japan...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Mar 31, 2016
- 1 min
Greetings from Japan
We've been in Japan for a week now, and we have already decided that we want to move here. We just really want to live in a society that...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Mar 24, 2016
- 3 min
The Ultimate List of Things to Do the Day Before You Leave for Vacation
So, you have been planning a big vacation for several months, have you? You got your passport updated, you dropped your cat off at your...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Mar 16, 2016
- 5 min
Magical Milford: a Queer Martha Mini-Guide to the Poconos
My mother always said, "Everything changes once you hit the Poconos." She was talking about weather patterns, and I suppose there are...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Mar 9, 2016
- 4 min
Alligators are Amazing: A mini-guide to Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida
Did you know that Jacksonville is the largest city in the contingent United States by land mass? I know - that's crazy! Did you know that...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 16, 2016
- 2 min
The Remains of the Old Paris
He will be remembered as an urbanist historian, a genuine romanticist, a lover of Paris, a Balzac of the camera, from whose work we can...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 6, 2016
- 6 min
Try Something New: Idioms for (almost) Every Occasion
Words are important. You know what is more important? Words that don't mean what they are supposed to mean. That's right, folks, we're...
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