France’s Loire Valley captured my imagination early on. When I was a child, I found a book at my local library called Châteaux of the Loire Valley. I was transfixed by the images of stately castles with their turrets and intricate facades. I had seen castles like this in my […]
I’m introducing a new post format called Top Ten where I’ll feature my top ten picks in some of my favorite destinations. I’ll still put together longer guides for destinations I know well enough to do so, but this is meant to be a fun, easy, and relatively quick way […]
If you’ve ever heard me talk about travel for even a minute, you’ll probably gather that food is one of the main reasons I do it. I often choose a restaurant I want to eat at somewhere in the world and then plan a whole trip around that. I was […]
The Emerging Arts Destination 1. Garzón, Uruguay This small town 30-minutes from José Ignacio is cementing itself as as a bonafide arts destination in 2018. Artist and Photographer Heidi Lender’s CAMPO AIR, an artist-in-residency program hosting artists and chefs in an abandoned puebla, began December 15 and will run through […]
Paris may very well be the world’s most beautiful city, but it is not simply the idyllic movie set many have come to expect. It is a big city with some grit and grime and diverse cultures and cuisines. This is precisely what makes it special. In addition to enjoying crêpes […]
Over the last six years, I believe I’ve spent more time on the road than at home. In Marrakech, I’ve haggled over carpets and sealed the deal over mint tea. I’ve climbed Kilimanjaro with a relentless guide, a marathoner and military officer who scolded me when I stopped for a […]