When visiting Portugal’s second city, Porto, I found it was possible to escape the rat race for a weekend and return relatively refreshed, with by a wallet that didn’t feel as though it had accompanied Paris Hilton on a shopping trip. Unlike much of Western Europe, Portugal still offers travellers…
Remember when you were little, and that Christmas catalog or the toy store’s Christmas ad came out (you know the one, with more than 20 pages of TOYS)? Did you circle everything you wanted and dog-eared your favorite pages for Santa, like I did? Imagine doing that now, in person.…
Sometimes a girl just has to get away. Our girls’ weekend is an escape from all our daily duties and responsibilities and an opportunity to partake in a few of the things we ladies like best. At least once a year my friends and I take a long weekend in…
There’s no shortage of material on visiting Paris. If you’re anything like me, before you even make it to the City of Lights, you’ve probably paged through one or a ... Read more
Rome's influence on literature has been perennial. From the time of Ovid and Virgil to the Anglo-Saxon influx of writers such as Charles Dickens, Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne and young John Keats, all the way up to the more recent time of Alberto Moravia and Carlo Emilio Gadda, Rome has…
If you are in love with turquoise jewelry, Hopi pottery and hand woven Navajo rugs, drive right past Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Taos. Instead, head for Gallup.
In 2014 my boyfriend and I drove across the country. After blasting Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty for days, we decided we needed another way to fill the 3,000 miles ... Read more
Enjoy your travels whatever the weather in Melbourne brings.
There are so many things to do in Asheville with your dog (and you can bring your humans along too!). When visiting somewhere I often say to myself, “I’ve got ... Read more