Welcome to the ramblings of a ramblin' woman on La Rambla.
(author's note Jan. 2008) What were all the things that you promised yourself you would do before you turned 30? Have you done any of them? Four months ago, I hadn’t. Then, when I turned 29, I quit my job, cashed out my meager 401k, applied for an MFA in Poetry, started reading Ulysses*, and moved to Barcelona.
Mid-mid-life crisis? Or seizing the day? Only time will tell. But I invite you to follow along on the adventure.
I was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, or as the rest of the state likes calling it, “The City Different.” When I was 18, I moved to New York City for college, and stayed for ten years. Three years ago, I traveled to Barcelona to satisfy a long held fascination with the city, and I fell in love. When I returned, one of my coworkers wrote on our order board (I was bartending in a restaurant at the time), “Santa Fe + New York = Barcelona.”
And so here I am.
Please note that all titles with an * are quotes from Ulysses.
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