I’ve stayed in edgy Shoreditch and aristocratic Kensington (I even lived in buzzy Oxford Circus for a semester in college), but the neighborhood I prefer to make home base when I visit these days is Holborn. Smack-dab in the middle of the sprawling metropolis, Holborn is like Midtown Manhattan making […]
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 […]
Nearly 7 million visitors make their way to the handsome city of York in Northern England each year largely due to its architecture. The walled city’s medieval buildings and Georgian townhomes are remarkably well preserved. Home to two universities, The University of York and York St. John University, the city […]
When my family and I were visiting Burgundy, France one November, we realized we had an extra night that we hadn’t made arrangements for. My husband and I had been interested in visiting Jura since drinking a bottle of Jean-François Ganevat Côtes du Jura Chardonnay at the restaurant Caves Madeleine […]
France’s vast Loire Valley is dotted with wineries, medieval villages and fairytale châteaux. Consider making Amboise or Sancerre home base. 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 […]
Tuscany was one of the last places I visited with my grandmother, who passed away in the summer of 2017. We had a wonderful time there. We ate meals under the stars, shopped in the small towns and, of course, drank the bright and juicy red wines of the region. […]