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    The Happy Water Cure
    Lizzie Hessek
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    A Tale of Two Valleys
    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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    Treachery and Beauty: Life Lessons from Hiking in Pennsylvania
    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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    Islands you Didn't Know Existed: Atlantic Edition
    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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    A Very Parisian Sunday Treasure Hunt
    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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    A Multicultural Parisian Treasure Hunt
    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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    How to Throw a Killer International Family Reunion
    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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    You are Now Leaving the 21st Century
    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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    A Tale of Two Pubs
    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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    Mind the Nettles and the Brambles
    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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    The Parisian Death and Destruction Treasure Hunt
    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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    Japan in Two Weeks: a Queer Martha Itinerary
    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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    Queer Casablanca
    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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    How to Beat Jet Lag to the Punch (and Other Tips for Coming Home from Vacation)
    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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    Greetings from Japan
    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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    The Ultimate List of Things to Do the Day Before You Leave for Vacation
    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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    Magical Milford: a Queer Martha Mini-Guide to the Poconos
    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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    Alligators are Amazing: A mini-guide to Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida
    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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    The Remains of the Old Paris
    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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    Try Something New: Idioms for (almost) Every Occasion
    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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