Nearly a year after trading our steady midwestern routine for this nomadic life, our travels circled back to the very city we left: St. Louis, Missouri. From four different Airbnbs, we explored neighborhoods we scarcely knew despite calling STL home for a combined twelve years. A mix of novelty and nostalgia, the month lent itself to reflection on what’s changed and what hasn’t. Jotted down over the course of April 2018, here is a daily

Our relationship’s origin story is littered with clichés. We met in a second period English class when we were 15 going on 16. By our junior year we were biology lab partners and by our senior year we were voted best the guy-girl pals for the yearbook. After years of insisting that we were just friends, we wound up dating following the Sadie Hawkins dance just months before we headed off to colleges in different

Happy New Year! As we kick off 2018 here at bnbNomad, we thought we’d share a collection of 18 beloved quotes that always provide a boost of motivation when we need it most. Many of these quotes come from our well-worn copy of Tim Ferriss’ iconic book, The 4-Hour Workweek. The others were plucked out of Jonathan Fields’ inspiring bucket-based book How to Live a Good Life, Stephen Covey’s classic The 7 Habits of Highly Effective

As we drifted off to sleep one December night, we took turns listing the highlights of 2017. Quit a job. Sold half our stuff. Started a business. Started living in Airbnbs. Hiked on Mount Rainier. Saw both coasts. Saw three black bears. Saw one bull moose. Went to Canada. Went to England. After a long pause, one of us remembered. Got married! 2017 was an exhilarating, whirlwind of a year. Between the milestones and the Airbnbs,

The morning I turned 27 we were relocating from an Airbnb in upstate New York to one in Connecticut. After four weeks at an incredible farm, we had two items that still needed to be eaten before we left: a can of lentil soup and some brown rice. Not exactly the ideal birthday breakfast, but all things considered, we had actually timed our month of grocery shopping rather well. We heated up the soup, served