Tag: travel

  • TRAVELING SOLO [Tricks of the trade]

    TRAVELING SOLO [Tricks of the trade]

    I’m a woman and I travel the world. Alone. (With some occasional exceptions.) Alone, I’ve stayed in a stone cottage on top of a mountain in Tuscany, an 11th-century fort on an island off the coast of Brittany, an estancia in Argentina, and a riad in Tangier. Alone, I’ve shopped in chaotic flea markets in…

  • Italy | Risking my life for damask

    Italy | Risking my life for damask

    [damask |ˈdaməsk| noun | A figured woven fabric with a pattern visible on both sides, typically used for table linen and upholstery.] Not exactly the kind of thing you’d risk your life for, right?

  • TRAVEL TIPS | Three Weeks, One Carry-on Suitcase

    TRAVEL TIPS | Three Weeks, One Carry-on Suitcase

    Three weeks, one carry on suitcase and a tote bag. That’s how I roll. Don’t think you could ever possibly manage? Here’s how.

  • STYLE MOMENT | LISBON

    STYLE MOMENT | LISBON

    “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers.”  -Pat Conroy (1945 – March 4, 2016)

  • Positano | Le Sirenuse

    Positano | Le Sirenuse

    “We went to the Sirenuse, an old family house converted into a first class hotel, spotless and cool, with grape arbors over its outside dining rooms. Every room has its little balcony and looks out over the blue sea to the islands of the sirens from which those ladies sang so sweetly.” This was how…