Marissa EpplerJun 30, 20235 min readAll the wasted condiments.How many times have you moved in your life? Well, up until I went to college at age 18, I would tell you, “none that I remember”. Now, as...
Marissa EpplerMar 30, 20236 min readAren’t you scared?Welp, we did it. We moved again. This year to Taiwan! One of the first questions we get asked when people find out we are moving out of...
Marissa EpplerMar 29, 20234 min readI’ll be better tomorrow.This is procrastination AT. IT’S. FINEST. *if you are new or just haven’t heard, my husband plays baseball. We have a two year old. We...
Marissa EpplerOct 12, 20226 min readThe season of unknowns. To everyone else in the world... this part of baseball season is called post season, or play off season, but to me it is more...
Marissa EpplerFeb 25, 20223 min readChopsticks.Do you know how impressive it is to watch someone eat a chicken wing with chopsticks? I didn’t, until about a week ago. I guess I had...
Marissa EpplerFeb 12, 20224 min readKorean style quarantine.Jet lag. A 15 hour time difference. I don’t know what the lesser evil is here. It’s 4 am right now (1 pm for the folks back home). If...
Marissa EpplerOct 2, 20195 min readLiving in 3019 My friend Pae always says we are living in 3019 over here in Japan... mostly because it feels like we are living ahead of our time (I...
Marissa EpplerAug 27, 20195 min readAn open letter to the people we are coming home to.It is almost that time of year again... time for the season to end and for us to make our trip home! The last regular season game is in...
Marissa EpplerJul 24, 201913 min readYou can’t make this stuff up.Alright folks, here it is. The real life behind the facade that is minor league baseball. You see the fun that happens at the baseball...
Marissa EpplerJul 15, 20194 min readPractice Makes (almost) Perfect.Our most commonly asked questions are, "How do you do it... how do you just pick up and move across the world?" and, "Aren't you glad you...
Marissa EpplerJun 21, 20195 min readWhat I have learned from traveling the world.Okay, I may have exaggerated a little bit with my title. This isn't just worldly travel. This can be from one city to the next, but...
Marissa EpplerApr 24, 20196 min readWhat Japan is Missing, As Told by a Texan.Living in Japan has broadened our horizons and we have grown to like new things... BUT we won’t forget where we came from! These are the...
Marissa EpplerApr 2, 20196 min readOur Transition 🇯🇵It has been exactly one month since I boarded a plane and set off on a trip to the other side of the world. It will be two more days...