I know the feeling. You have a baby, and after the hectic first few weeks or months, you’re eager to travel again. Figuring out what to bring, how to navigate airports and airlines and what to do with the baby when you’re onboard is overwhelming. I’ve been getting a number […]
Oregon’s most celebrated wine region offers stunning scenery, well balanced wines and plenty of small town charm. When my husband and I visit our families in Portland, Oregon, we always try to escape for a day to the Willamette Valley. As you drive along the windy country roads leading to […]
Blue-green water, open-air restaurants, shipwreck-inspired hotels and a shopping scene that you might expect in Soho make Tulum endlessly enticing. Tulum, a bohemian beach town on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, is popular for a reason. Beautiful blue-green water, excellent open-air restaurants (many owned by American expats), shipwreck-inspired hotels and a shopping scene that […]
A fan of Russian literature and the classic film Dr. Zhivago, Russia is a destination I long dreamed of visiting. That dream came to fruition when I was living in Europe. My mom and I ventured to the country’s second city, Saint Petersburg, one snowy November and the former imperial […]
Experience Paris like a local by visiting these bakeries, restaurants, museums and shops. Paris may 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 grit and grime and diverse cultures and cuisines. This is precisely […]
Justin and I went on a Baja road trip with our intrepid friends and their two kids a while back. We swam with whale sharks, cooked clams we found on the beach and drank incredible wine. It was one of our most inexpensive vacations but also one of the most […]