Email: Zandria [at] Gmail [dot] com
Hi! My name is Zandria. I live with my husband Paul in Washington, DC.
History: This blog has existed since September 2002, when I was 22 years old. My original motivation for blogging was a cross-country drive; I would be traveling solo from my home in Virginia to live with an aunt in southern California. At the time, I didn’t know how long I’d stay and figured this would be an easy way for family and friends to keep up with my adventures.
I ended up living in California for four months in 2002, before returning home to finish my Bachelor’s degree at Virginia Commonwealth University.As a college senior in 2004, I spent five months in Amsterdam on a semester abroad.
After graduating from college in 2005, I took off back to California for my second cross-country road trip. I ended up staying a full year that time (June 2005 – June 2006). While I loved living in California, the pull of my family and friends on the east coast lured me back.
I moved to Washington, DC in October 2006 because I was finding more job opportunities there than in Richmond. At the time, I didn’t know a single person who lived in the DC area.
I met my my now-husband in 2010, and we got married in 2013. From 2013-2017 we lived in Paul’s hometown of Buffalo, NY, where we bought our first home (and later had second thoughts about homeownership). We ended up missing Washington, DC too much, and returned to the city after a four-year absence. Now we live simply in a 1-bedroom apartment and both of us walk to work.
What’s next? Stay tuned.
11 Comments
Hey!
I just found your site through BlogHer and I LOVE it. Great writing! I’m looking at yours and thinking — Hey — that’s how I want MY blog to be set up! Great job.
Tammy
You have an interesting site
browsing it is such a delight,
and keep writing those essays.
And soon, with your creative mind
you might well find,
yourself writing short plays!
Zandria is a photogenic delight
and she will become a great playwright!
Soon Zandria the BlogHer
will find a great PublisHer
and the Pulizer Prize
will be her’s to win.
But for now we can enjoy her
blogging
as much as runners enjoy jogging
with their backs
being pushed by the wind
I googled my sister Zandria just for fun, and I found another one!!! You’re right, your name sets you apart. She likes it too.
Wow, you are in my neighborhood! 🙂 I found you through Cady’s blog I think. Your blog is cool, I will have to come back and read more about you and your life.
Hello Zandria, you with the pretty
smile, the glow of your golden locks
are still quite in style.
Tell your friends about my site
because it is full of humorous
delight.
Ronnie
You are so pretty girlie.
Zandy has hair that is Sandy,
quite typical for a blond
but Zandy is going to school
to learn the math tool
for calculating the interest
that is paid by a bond.
Yep! Beautiful alright!
Hey, Zandria. Hope all is well in Buffalo. Just want to let you know that I linked to your article about crappy cars in my post today. It’s still the best article I’ve ever read in defense of minimalism and crappy cars so I try to promote whenever I get a chance. Toodles.