“Arizona evokes a sense of timelessness, its landscapes whispering tales of centuries past.” – Barbara Kingsolver. In all my travels, I have to say it is hard to match the majesty and beauty of the...
“Arizona evokes a sense of timelessness, its landscapes whispering tales of centuries past.” – Barbara Kingsolver. In all my travels, I have to say it is hard to match the majesty and beauty of the...
“Since it is impossible to know what’s really happening, we Peruvians lie, invent, dream and take refuge in illusion. Because of these strange circumstances, Peruvian life, a life in which so few...
“You could make the argument that there is no better place to eat in Europe than the city of San Sebastian.” – Anthony Bourdain San Sebastian has been on my travel radar for...
“For every person who loves Spain, there are a dozen who prefer books about her.” – Ernest Hemingway The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway – Classic “Lost Generation”...
“I do not know a place more charming and magnificent. I only have one fear: that it will become fashionable.” — Victor Hugo There is something about Biarritz… In the heart of the Côte Basque...
“Wine is bottled poetry.” – Robert Louis Stevenson I have been visiting my in-laws in Healdsburg, CA since forever ago (the 90s!), and despite some gentrification it has...
“For the traveler who comes in from the sea, Lisbon, even from afar, rises like a fair vision in a dream, clear-cut against a bright blue sky which the sun gladdens with its gold.” ...
“Marrakech teaches color.” – Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech is a “must” destination in my opinion. Nowhere else on earth really approximates such intense immersion into...
“I didn’t know I didn’t know that.” – Jennifer Cline And I burst into tears. Twelve of us were on a van in the Sacred Valley of Peru, eagerly and maybe nervously poised to disembark into the local...
Lima positively sprawls. It’s huge, and as in other gargantuan cities, it’s the eclectic neighborhoods that make the urban scale palatable. If you are headed to Machu Picchu or any other...
“Oh! Who can ever be tired of Bath!” – Jane Austen Just a short jaunt on the train from London lies the lovely Georgian hamlet of Bath: cream tea heaven, thermal spa extravaganza...
“You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so… get on your way!” – Dr. Seuss Full disclosure: I am a complete sea-level loving altitude wimp. At about 3,000...
“To be alone with yourself is to be in good company.” – Maya Angelou A friend recently mentioned that she is planning a solo trip to Europe, and while she is excited, she is also feeling a little...
“Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground.”― Albus Dumbledore London is so cosmopolitan and filled with fabulous things...
“A wise bear always keeps a marmalade sandwich in his hat in case of emergency.” Paddington Bear I compiled this list for my nephew’s debut visit to London later this Spring, and it includes...
“Thanks to the Jolabokaflod, books still matter in Iceland. They get read and talked about. Excitement fills the air. Every reading is crowded. Every print run is sold.” Hallgrimur...
“I have fantasies of going to Iceland, never to return.” – Edward Gorey Majestic volcanoes tower over sheer cliffs and steaming foothills sweep down to the churning frozen sea. Swaths of purple...
“Crete,’ I murmured. ‘Crete…’, And my heart beat fast.” Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek When I was very young, my father used to sit in my darkened room with a cigar (simmer down it...
So I was just going over my notes from our family trip to Iceland a few years ago as it seems like a lot of friends are heading there this year. Lucky you! And of course I detoured into some music...
“Madrid is full of literature, poetry and music on all four sides, so much so that she is a literary character herself.” Ernest Hemingway...
Sometimes, despite all our scheduling mastery, a travel day delivers setbacks, cancellations, snafus, missed connections, stressy rerouting, delayed luggage, or just really really really long flights...
“A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.” – Yotam Ottolenghi OK maybe it’s time to let summer go...
Jazz, vampires, hauntings, mystery, murders, mobsters, madams, Mardi Gras, monster storms, and so much more have always made New Orleans an incredible setting for literature, where fiction and fact...
“Don’t you just love those long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn’t just an hour, but a little piece of eternity dropped into your hands and who knows what to do with...
So, honestly I harbored some apprehension and misconceptions about Mexico City (CDMX) for a long while. I had the impression that it was just big hot, smoggy and overcrowded, not to mention terribly...
There is just nowhere on Earth exactly like Morocco. It is so full of beauty and contrast that it’s a little hard to promise exactly what your experience will be. Just accept that it will...
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” – Douglas Adams Sometimes you just have to drop it all and hit the road, and what better...
“If people and their manner of living were alike everywhere, there would not be much point in moving from one place to another.” Paul Bowles
When some people think of northern Arizona they think Grand Canyon (yes go!), Sedona (so awesome), Route 66, and maybe the rest is a cactus desert? Ok you’re not totally wrong, but if you roll...
“There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it.”
– Cheryl Strayed