Everyone has a version of Italy they’ve dreamed about. Sipping wine overlooking the rolling hills of Tuscany. The impossibly blue water surrounding a glamorous island where everything feels like it was designed to make you feel underdressed and slightly overwhelmed in the best possible way. Or ending the day with a cold glass of a […]
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A few years ago, chef and I were wandering around Osaka and stumbled into a local beer festival completely by accident. No map. No recommendation and no resort itinerary pointing us there. We simply turned down a street we hadn’t walked before and found ourselves surrounded by locals enjoying the largest selection of Japanese beers
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One Saturday afternoon, after a day of exploring Monaco I made a dining decision that forever changed how I select restaurants when I travel. We approached the hostess desk at one of the most celebrated restaurants in the world, without a reservation and we got in. For context, Louis XV has three Michelin stars and
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Admit it, at some point you’ve had dreams of dancing the day away at Carnival in Rio or ringing in the New Year watching the fireworks over the Sydney Harbor bridge or Taipei 101. They are all iconic. It generally happens when you are scrolling the internet and some airline is offering an unbelievable deal
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You might be surprised to hear that the first 48 hours are the most important days of your entire trip. It starts with you landing exhausted in a place where you might not speak the language and are probably not familiar with the customs. Poor planning is the breeding grounds for pure frustration. This is
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It happened gradually. My travel boundaries became less blurred. Logistical nonsense that wasted my time became a nonstarter. The mere idea of sitting in “gen pop” became an annoyance. And there’s no way I was waiting in line if there was an option to skip ahead, even if it cost me more money. I started
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January has a way of sneaking up on you. The holidays disappear, the days stay short, the weather turns hostile, and suddenly you’re googling ‘how to get out of a funk?’ before noon. Ah yes, the winter blues is upon you. You’re caught in the never-ending loop: work, home, screens, repeat. But while most of
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The world reopened, borders dropped requirements, flights resumed and yet travel feels heavier. Not because we’ve forgotten how to travel, but because the world (and we) have changed. The version of travel people learned in their twenties no longer fits the lives they have in their forties, fifties, and beyond. The challenges with looking through hundreds
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Here’s an uncomfortable truth: You can’t travel with everyone. I would wager a bet that there are very few people that intentionally started their international travel adventures going solo. The emotional side of us wants a travel partner.  It sounds reasonable. Travel feels safer, more enjoyable, more justified when it’s shared. But year after year,
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I don’t know about you but the idea of spending even one night uncomfortable in a hostel or backpacking across any country is no where near my bucket list. Even the thought of folding myself up in the back of an airplane for 8 or more hours is starting to slide down my list of
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