Category: Musings

This is a guest post by Fiona Ingram an author who writes young adult books full of mystery and exotic places. She has appeared on Misadventures with Andi before with her previous 2 books a few years back and...

A fitness tracker is a pretty nifty gadget. Not only can it keep track of your athletic performance, but it can also give you valuable information on sleep habits, calories lost, and even health betterment tips. The trouble with...

How to work out in the summer when you live in a desert locale like Phoenix? The FlexiSpot Desk Bike Deskcise Pro is the answer. I get to exercise and be productive at the same time!...

I’ve been thinking about this post for several months, but honestly only started writing it a few days ago. It’s just that I can hardly believe that Misadventures with Andi is 10 years old. Today. It’s a milestone. One...

One of the biggest downsides about moving away from San Francisco and spending 14 months on the road and 5 months in limbo in Portland before making Phoenix my new home, was that I lost the network I had...

Thank you to Selina Siak Chin Yoke, author and food lover, for sharing how food impacts her memories and became a central character in her writing. It even includes a recipe for Mee Siam, a spicy Siamese noodle dish!...

With the opening of the fifth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean, I’d thought I’d update this post from March 2010. Despite Johnny Depp’s many highs and lows the lessons he’s taught me about life remain true to this...

I’m going to take a guess that you are probably super busy a lot of the time and your to-do list is often a mile long, and you just wish you could get more done. I often feel the...

  I am a huge fan of the Gone with the Wind book (including the “sequels”) and the movie. Most particularly, Scarlett O’Hara. So much so that I used to read essays and college thesis papers that deconstructed the...

I am a little too young to have enjoyed the original Star Trek on TV. I have seen all the movies and enjoyed them immensely. So for me, I am definitely more of a Next Generation (TNG) fan; I...