TRAVEL

Two Days in London.

TWO DAYS IN LONDON: A WALKING TOUR.

The immediacy of London hit me first: English language, words I understood, vowels elongated, lilting syllables tripping over cobblestone and brick, singing over wild British gardens. I came from Paris, where language moved in rushes and flows of sound, some…
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Three Days In Paris: A Culinary Adventure

THREE DAYS IN PARIS: A CULINARY ADVENTURE.

This post—and the travel herein—was created in partnership with Bonne Maman. All opinions are my own, including my obsession with Bonne Maman’s beautiful, traditionally made preserves. In Paris, sugar is art. The streets are art, the buildings are art, and even,…
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FOUR DAYS IN POSITANO & THE AMALFI COAST.

I am in Italy for three days before I make my way south to the Amalfi Coast. Amalfi. Three syllables that have, for years, occupied a liminal space of longing and romance and beauty in the primordial soup of my…
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SEVENTY-TWO HOURS IN ROME | A SOLO ADVENTURE.

Here’s what I thought extravagant trips to Italy were for: 1) unbridled romance; 2) over-the-top family vacations; or 3) post-college sorority sister splurges. I very pointedly did not think they were for solo trips, the kind of trip that people…
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THE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY | A GIRLS GETAWAY.

This post was created in partnership with Visit Santa Ynez Valley. All opinions are my own. The first thing I notice as we drive north, inland, is that the land looks old. Wizened. Alive to a history I can no…
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FORTY-EIGHT HOURS IN HONOLULU | SLAMSQUAD 2016

I don’t know just exactly how one rewrites a place in their memory, carving out new neural pathways and feeling new feelings, but I do know that hot, fresh donuts help. I repeated this mantra to myself as we drove…
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ONE WEEK ON MAUI | A FARM-TO-TABLE TOUR

I was giddy and exhausted. I’d worked every day of 2016 up until that very moment, needling my way through other weary and excited and hopeful and heartbroken LAX travelers (a lot happens in an airport) on my way to…
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