I am a 30-something quasi-idealist who, in 2005, left Corporate America to volunteer in Bulgaria.

Back in the U.S. several years later, I experienced the trials and tribulations of the early 2000s recession.

I unwind by blogging and, occasionally, indulging in a sip of rakia.

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