Day 30

It seems a little bit fitting that one full month into this I had a pretty normal day where I had a normal breakfast and a normal walk to work and a normal day which ended in my joining a gym and working out to feel a little more normal and making my most glorious…

Day 29

Did some exploring today and while I’ve got an entire month to get to know the ins and outs of Bogota and feel comfortable here, so far I’m still thinking that Mexico City was my cool pretty elementary school with my cool weird art teacher and my family had to move to a new state because of my…

Day 28

First full Meraki travel day was calm, delicious (final meal from Los Loosers was a hit), slow, delicious (being someone’s +1 in fancy airport lounges is my new hobby), calm, and then very hectic and chaotic but you know what, now we’re in Bogota and it’s month two of this madness.

Day 27

[it took me less than a month to slack so hard on this, nothing surprises me anymore] On my last full day in Mexico City I worked from one of my OG favorite cafes, found a new one that fused bike repair with delicious coffee + food (I know, right?), got some quality work done,…

Day 26

Leaving Mexico soon + missing the normalcy of home (meal prep? regular exercise? familiar faces? speaking the same language? being able to quickly grab a healthy snack? these are very good things) + doozy of a sinus infection making it hard to breathe and open my eyes = not uh, not my favorite day so…

Day 25

Town halls to side trip decision crises to lots of work to do to mentally preparing to leave Mexico (just kidding, impossible) to realizing that this will be me at the end of every month.

Day 24

It’s occurring to me after finishing a meal at Quintonil (ranked #12/50 in the world) and having recently eaten at Pujol (#25/50 in the world) that this has been the best month of eating of my entire life, and that is reason alone to return to Mexico City (along with all of the other reasons…

Day 23

People often ask me if it’s possible to develop a routine on Remote Year and the answer is yes of course, using today as an example: mostly a head-down, get-work-done day, sprinkled with some huevos rancheros, side trip planning, souvenir shopping, shrimp tacos, and your usual nightly all-Meraki goal setting, mantra writing, and forced looking…

Day 22

The stairs at Publico can accurately be described as “death to even the most fit and active” and the Tepozteco hike I did today has been described to me as “an hour of the Publico stairs” so I was terrified, but for the first time ever the hype served me well as I found that…

Day 21

I had big plans for today, the best plans, millions of people will tell you…but due to the fact that Friday was a late night I can sum up today fairly easily: uber, breakfast, walk, spin class (v risky.), walk, lunch, walk, almost attempt shopping at Chapultepec Park but succumb to lethargy, uber, nap, grab…

Day 20

I spent today working from my new favorite cafe in the world with a huge tree growing right in the middle and some delicious avocado toast (we can talk about how basic I am another time), at a barbecue on a roof with an amazing view, and going out later than I think I ever…

Day 19

I’ve had a long list of cool cafes, restaurants, shops, and markets to check out for a while so this morning I took a few hours to visit a good chunk of them and photograph them, which required about 4 hours of walking around the city and ordering coffees, pastries, and tacos, and I followed…