I’ve been to Paris nearly every single month of the year – except December and January and in 2018 I am adding to my bucket list to experience my favorite place on earth at least the month of December – right before and during all the holiday festivities. In the meantime, here’s what I have learned recently…
This Monday morning I felt the need to share these fascinating hotels with the best views based on Architectural Digest reviews. All to simply jump start your day: Featured image property: Qasar Al Sarah Resort in Abu Dhabi, for the rest please go here
The craze for the newly opened EATALY in Los Angeles caused such a stir they had to close it for the day to reassess how best to proceed. Which makes for even more demand to go and see the location on Santa Monica Boulevard and experience the concept of all sorts of eateries under one roof. Something that’s been long done in Seattle, Montreal, Lisbon, and Rome – naturally these are all the locations I’ve had the pleasure to visit and experience probably one of the best of food and spirit. The concept is also in the San Francisco Ferry Building, and the EATALY style opened years ago, is in the Twitter building on Market Street and 9th if you want to check it out while you are in town. The funny thing is once you eat there, or make a date with friends to meet up for drinks and amazing foods, you literally become a repeat customer. Have you been to EATALY in New York, or LA or something similar elsewhere you wish to …
A week ago I started a new series on Raw Silk and Saffron, to talk about what goes on behind the scenes, in terms of travel. I’ve always been curious to know or learn how some things come about, or the inspiration behind re-designing a city or even the methodology used to create, recreate, or put an end to what’s been in the past. So, in case you missed the first installment of the travel series, you can get a second chance here, and then stay tuned for more topics of interest to come.
I couldn’t resist comparing these lists – when it comes to suggestions offered up by various travel sites about where to travel next. In 2017 – Conde Nast Traveler suggested these destinations: Canada American Mid-West Cuba Bermuda Athens Scotland Scandinavian Countries (Norway, Finland, Sweden) Portugal Croatia Jerusalem New Zealand Tokyo Zimbabwe Rawanda Buenos Aires Chilean Patagonia Uruguay In 2018 – These are the countries recommended by Lonely Planet Chili South Korea Portugal Djibouti New Zealand Malta Georgia in the Caucasus Mauritius China South Africa Where are you planning to travel in 2018?
Sure, when we travel somewhere, we are mostly focused on what we see in front of us and seldom do any background information on sites or towns we visit. I mean current events or future plans research. Well, I am always intregued but evolution or remodel or updates or sometimes unfortuantely a bad decision in terms of a town, a city, or a country decides in their efforts to move forward. Anyway, here are some interesting behind the scenes stories that I, as always, felt the need to share:
A Romantic getaway is always encouraged, even in the late Fall/to early Winter – no matter the weather. There is a certain fairytale-like feel to traveling during this time of year and with the right planning, you may discover it will be the most memorable. {Prague photo source} {Swiss Alps photo source}
November 1st – time to begin the planning for all things holidays and if you are taking a trip to London, then consider the Christmas markets opening up during the month. For the entire list go here:
Although the next few weeks are considered low travel season, there is still those travelling for business with side of pleasure – in terms of a place to eat. Like these cool places for example: {Republique photo source}
I don’t know about you, but when I travel, I spend a lot of time looking up, to all the structures making up a city, a town, or a village. So naturally this article about 20 best cities for architectural lovers stuck the perfect cord on this chilly Sunday morning while I sip on green tea and scroll the madness of the internet. And for your viewing pleasure I am going to simply list the least expected destinations or beg forgiveness for my ignorance just in case the places I list are more well know than I assumed:
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