A Study in Contrast: Ho Chi Minh City and the An Lam Saigon River
Ho Chi Minh City might be described as an assault on the senses, a characteristic I do not mean as a negative judgement, because the city’s pervasive wafting smell of street pho and banh mi and its...
View ArticleHotel Review: Viceroy Bali (a.k.a. Heaven on Earth)
When I married my husband in 2010, we agreed that travel would be one of our very top priorities over the first couple of years. With only two blank pages left in my passport since then, I’m proud —...
View ArticleHotel Review: Four Seasons Bali at Sayan
Those of you who know me personally know how infrequently I find myself without words. It’s not really my thing. But the Four Seasons Bali at Sayan will do that to a girl. On our recent trip to Bali,...
View ArticleA Luxe Babymoon Staycation (Or Combatting the Summer Pregnancy Symptom Known...
I often hear people talk about how awful it was for them, or must be for me, to be heavily pregnant in the summertime. And I generally disagree wholeheartedly—it’s been mostly fine! But there is one...
View ArticleLuxury Romantic Travel: Bidding Adiós to Bebés for a Punta Mita Getaway
When is a vacation more than a vacation? I’m going to tell you straight up. It’s when you have seven-month-old twins, and you’re getting on a plane for a getaway without them for the first time since...
View Article6 Outrageously Over-the-Top Africa Vacation Ideas
It’s Monday morning after a holiday weekend, and I was feeling a little groggy — not quite awake yet on my weekly conference call, guzzling coffee, trying to look alive. But when I got organized to put...
View ArticleTwins’ First Holiday! 5 Things I Learned About Taking Babies to Hotels
After you have babies, it’s all about firsts: first foods, first consonant sounds, first time crawling, first time pulling up to stand. When it comes to travel, I’ve written here about our firsts as...
View ArticleBon Voyage! 5 Over-the-Top Travel Trends You Need to Know About Right Now
[Mini drumroll…] I’m excited to share that I’m now working with Bravo TV’s fun entertainment, pop culture, and lifestyle destination on the web, The Daily Dish! As the freelance contributing editor,...
View Article6 Bucket-List Islands I’ve Seen… and 7 More I Need to Visit Before I Die!
I recently had the chance to pitch and write a story for Bravo TV’s The Daily Dish called “13 Islands You Have to See Before You Die.” Of course, this was also a chance for me to sit at my desk...
View Article#Spagoals: 11 Insane Destination Spas Around the World
Just like how little kids dream they could possibly count every grain of sand on every beach on earth, I like to dream I could visit every single one of the most epic destination spas on earth one day....
View Article8 Reasons to Travel to Bogota, Colombia (Despite What People Tell You)
On our connecting flights into Colombia earlier this month, we encountered a horrible person. This is not unusual on a plane, but the encounter was so pronounced that it left a prolonged bad taste that...
View ArticleMy Travel Style
One of the most beautiful things about travel is there is truly no right or wrong way to approach it. Do you like to go off the grid for months at a time, or are you all about short and frequent...
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