The Emerging Arts Destination 1. Garzón, Uruguay This small town 30-minutes from José Ignacio is cementing itself as as a bonafide arts destination in 2018. Artist and Photographer Heidi Lender’s CAMPO AIR, an artist-in-residency program hosting artists and chefs in an abandoned puebla, began December 15 and will run through […]
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Guide to Paris Part Deux
Part two of my Paris Guide includes hip hotels, mouthwatering markets and splendid day trips to take your trip from touristy to transcendent. Whether you’ve been once, ten times, or never, there’s always a reason to pine for Paris. Areas like Montmartre, with its narrow roads winding up the hillside, […]
Hotel Dispatch: Casa Zinc
Justin and I first visited Uruguay in 2013. We stayed in a nice little design hotel owned by architects outside José Ignacio. Unfortunately, the weather was dreadful. It rained, no poured, every day. That was back when we didn’t always think to rent a car and so that meant plenty […]
A Seafood Lover’s Road Trip in the Pacific Northwest
Oregon and Washington’s excellent seafood is the star of this road trip through the region’s most appealing cities and towns. I’m very proud of my Pacific Northwest roots. It’s such a beautiful part of the country with its rivers, mountains and vast forests. The people are friendly and the food […]
Hotel Dispatch: Grand Pigalle
It seems these days a hotel can be created around a destination restaurant so why not a cocktail bar or at least the spirit of the cocktail? That’s the question being posed by the new Grand Pigalle boutique hotel in SoPi. “The concept is bed and beverage, says Hotel Co-Owner […]
Hotel Dispatch: The Suttle Lodge
During a recent trip to Bend, my sisters and I decided to sneak away for a night at The Suttle Lodge along with our husbands and babies. After hearing the restaurant served fish and chips as a sandwich, it was on my to do list. The lodge in the Deschutes […]