Read articles Erin McCormick has written for, been featured in, or contributed to in publications such as HuffPo, Boston.com, Seven Days, Burlington Free Press and more. Travel Like a Local: Vermont in the Media Mistakes Tourists Make While Visiting Vermont While many residents of the Green Mountain State […]
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste it, to experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.—Eleanor Roosevelt I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how our world is shifting from a society that focuses on and applauds material […]
What makes you happy? Not what you think makes you happy, but what makes you intrinsically happy? The moments when you smile from ear to ear, laugh until you cry? When you feel utterly content and at peace? It might seem like an easy question to answer: Your health. Family. […]
I love travelling. Discovering new restaurants, sipping inventive cocktails, admiring old architecture, meeting new people. I am easily entertained people watching—imagining what others’ lives are like. Never having worked in the corporate world in a big city, I’m fascinated by the pace and culture at big companies. Travelling affords me an escape from […]
I remember when I first came to Vermont to visit Middlebury College, which is when my love affair with the Green Mountain state began. I was 16 or 17, and it was my first time ever in Vermont. Growing up in Princeton, there were Beemers and Audis in the parking […]
I can’t stand mediocrity. There, I said it. Growing up in New Jersey, I remember hearing my parents’ conversations after a night out, in which they described the restaurant where they ate dinner. “It was mediocre at best,” became a familiar phrase. In my mind, there’s no place […]