Moonless Nights

I spent two wonderful days in Chicago with my co-workers. The city is beautiful and really hot in July. But nonetheless, I have a story to tell you. I met Leor Hackle, he played Julius Rottwinkle in Matilda. If you don't know this already, Matilda is my favorite movie. I think I have seen this movie over a 100 times in 2 different languages so far. But anyways, he was one of the presenters which by the way was one of my favorite sessions. It was quite interesting learning about social identity and how it's present everywhere. He did this cool thing where he played a game with us to prove his point, it was absolutely amazing! To get back to the story, I was having some drinks after the sessions and all of a sudden my co-worker Terrell tells me: "Hey, did you know one of the presenters was in Matilda?" That's when it all clicked for me. I knew exactly who he was! I went up to him and said: "Oh my God you're the kid with the M&M's!" I was way t...

There are places in the world that are deep within your soul; they have a place in your heart that forever smiles when you think of that place. That place for me is Puerto Plata in Dominican Republic.  Puerto Plata is my destination when I'm broken, when I'm happy, when I miss family and when I want to just sit and stare at everything that brings me peace. Every time I go, I find that part of myself that I love. It's so easy to get lost in routine and work. It's easy to forget that there's so much more to life and it needs to be enjoyed. It's the little things that matter. A sunset en el malecon.