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Lake Atitlán & Its Enchanting Mayan Villages

Lake Atitlán, born from a volcanic fury 84,000 years ago, now cradles a shimmering lake that sustains a dozen Mayan villages — where coffee, chocolate and honey are still crafted with ancestral care and orchards yield creamy avocados and other local delights.

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Stay Wild

There are so many things I wish I knew as a kid and I often reflect on my favorite childhood book, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, and what it means to be wild.

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Human as Fuck

What it means to be you. Authenticity, self discovery and the confidence to be different.

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Come on Out

How moving to Korea unlocked a discovery I might never have found — and what it felt like to begin dating women in this wonderfully strange new world.

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Dating Lesbians Ain't Easy

Third time’s definitely not the charm: three nightmare dates I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. Dating is tough enough without plot twists — here are three disasters that prove swiping right can sometimes feel like signing up for a horror story.