The outdoor Cours Saleya market square smells like flowers and fresh air. If you’re ever in Nice, look for Marché aux Fleurs Cours Saleya (Cours Saleya flower market)– it can be hard to Google in English for “Nice”… anything. Make sure to bring cash if you want to buy from the market vendors. To limit … Continue reading Flower market in France
For nearly two years, I’ve worked with teammates I’ve never shared space with in real life. We’ve “met” through video calls, and we know each other well via our constant text chatter at work, through longer-form internal blog posts, and most importantly, through an ongoing banter of GIFs, memes, and emoji reactions in our team … Continue reading A week in Cannes
One week ago, I left home to travel for work for the first time since I rejoined Automattic in November of 2019. We are a fully distributed company, meaning we are distributed around the world, with no central offices — we all work from our homes and co-working spaces. The way we get quality in-person … Continue reading 24 Hours in England
Tomorrow my husband and I will take a train to Washington, D.C. Train travel in the US is pretty rare, at least in the part of the country where we live, and I’m a little bit giddy about the adventure. We’ll get to watch the countryside go by while reading and doing our own thing, … Continue reading Taking a little trip
I took our daughter and her friend to see Harry Styles last weekend at Madison Square Garden in New York, and the trip was a top five favorite parenting experience. We drove under crisp October skies on highways lined with forests of pumpkin orange and saffron yellow. Leaves fluttered against blue sky as 18-wheeler winds … Continue reading Fun for a lifetime
A little over a week ago, I blogged about something maybe dumb I did: I told our daughter I’d take her and a friend to see Harry Styles at Madison Square Garden on Halloween. We decided this only 10 days from the concert, and I wasn’t sure if we’d be able to make it happen. … Continue reading Sitting in a coffee shop, waiting to go to New York
Butterfly Mind 