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When: early April // Weather: chilly and sunny // Real life: axe throwing (it’s a real thing)

I’m very good at sportsing, which is why I have this sports cap. Many athletic. Much casual. (I did actually go to an axe throwing birthday party in this.)

It’s been a spring full of travel for me. DC in March, Paris in April, and Seattle in May. They were all great trips – with Paris being the clear winner – but I’m looking forward to a couple months of keeping my feet on the ground. When I was in DC, I met someone from Colombia, and we actually had a pretty interesting conversation. He asked me if I could live anywhere in the United States, where would it be? I thought about it, and I couldn’t come up with anywhere I’d rather live than Indianapolis. Sure, Hawaii sounds nice, but it’s crazy expensive and I would be sunburned constantly. I love NYC, but the weather’s not much better than it is here, and how could I afford an apartment big enough to hold all my shoes? I’ve already lived on the other side of the Mason Dixon line and it wasn’t for me.

Indy’s not perfect, but the cost of living is ridiculously cheap, it’s big but not too big, it has tons of good restaurants (and new ones every day), there’s a good arts scene, it’s a liberal bubble in a red state, and it’s easy to get around. Oh, and if you’re actually into sports, we have that here too. The winters are a bitch, but at least we get all 4 seasons. I didn’t grow up here, but somehow it became my home and I’m not mad about it.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m definitely retiring to Paris, but as long as I have to stay in the States to use that law degree I paid for, I might as well be stuck in Indy!

Hat (they have all different airport codes!) // similar Sweater // Jeans // Shoes // Watch* // similar Bag // similar Sunglasses

*Watch provided courtesy of Jord.