About Me

If you're here you probably know all this stuff already, but hey if you find it that interesting, I'll humor you...

I'm a nearly native Oregonian, 32 years old, and when I'm not gallivanting around the world, I work in hi-tech public relations. My travels have taken me to an endless list of amazing places, and there's a still lots more I'd like to see.

In the fall of 2004 I took first sabbatical from Intel (my reward for seven years of being "married to my job" as my best friend so cheerfully puts it), during which I traveled throughout Italy, the French Alps, Germany and Prague. I starting blogging then as a way to stay in touch with family and friends (and anyone else that snuck in here) while I was overseas.

Next I headed to Asia for a four-month rotation in Intel's PR department in Hong Kong in late 2005. During that time I got to travel through much of Asia, instilling in me a love of the Orient that I hadn't anticipated.

In fall 2006 I was voluntarily laid off, and took to the road again for my most extended travels yet. This time I spent five months in southeast Asia, India and Italy.

Nowadays I'm back in Portland working for a marketing & PR agency where I manage communications for a non-profit (www.climatesaverscomputing.org), which has been a long-standing goal of mine. I get to do PR for something that actually benefits this fine planet of ours. How cool!

As with any new job, I'm fairly consumed with it, and thus don't have much time for blogging. I will occasionally do so when I'm traveling though, so please check back now and again, if you're so inclined.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Barbara