Food, Travel, Life
Travel in a post-pandemic world is hitting a little different and why wouldn’t it? After two years of restrictions and a non-stop barrage of bad news, weary would-be travellers are purposefully chasing transformative experiences that will heal the soul and expand the mind. The same old cookie cutter vacay is not going to suffice anymore. …
Before a recent trip to Miami I had, what I felt, was a fairly reasonable set of assumptions about this city—fast cars, beautiful people, wild nightlife, and expensive fashion. Otherwise known as not my scene. What would a card-carrying Gap girl, with a little pudge around the middle, and a 10pm hard stop find to …
On a recent trip to Titus Mountain in The Adirondacks in upstate New York, I accomplished something I never thought possible—I skied a black diamond hill. In the six years since I first learned to ski, I’ve become quite the underachiever, sticking primarily to green and occasionally blue-ish slopes. What can I say? I’m a …
It’s not very often that while on the way to one bucket list destination, you find yourself stuck in another bucket list destination, but if it does ever happen to you, consider yourself lucky. My daughters and I found ourselves in this exact predicament recently while travelling to Tahiti. A series of flight delays meant …
A red eye out of LAX is not something people typically look forward to, but if you know how to spend the day leading up to your flight, it may be something you actually start to plan on purpose. The best way to make the most of your day before a red eye out of …
Let me preface this article to say that if you can arrange to have more than one day in Santa Barbara, you should most definitely jump on it. Known as The American Riviera, you no doubt already know that Santa Barbara is where many of Hollywood’s most famous people live. Surprisingly though, despite the moniker, …
Recently, on a press trip with Visit California, I participated in a tour with Eat This, Shoot That in Santa Barbara, and it was hands down the best walking tour I’ve ever participated in. Through the years I’ve joined in many walking tours, but what makes Eat This, Shoot That so unique is that it …
Is it possible to grow out of Disney? My kids have been raised on Disney, with our youngest visiting for the first time at three months. While she certainly doesn’t remember that trip, I remember her first set of little ears like it was yesterday. Over the years, we’ve visited Walt Disney World a total …
