Vancouver, a sparkling city of glass and steel flanked by snowcapped mountains and seaside views, blends international chic with rugged Pacific Northwest grandeur. Bustling high style is tempered by courtesy and reserve. Residents effortlessly toggle between dressing...
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The 2016 Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for Luxury Travelers
The holidays are officially here! It’s difficult to think up gift ideas for anyone, but it’s especially a painstaking task to figure out what to get the jetsetter--specifically the experiential luxury jetsetter--someone who has discerning tastes and favors experiences...
25 Favorite Quotes About New York City
New York City incites a flurry of strong emotions. It's hard to feel ambivalent towards it. You either hate it or you love it. I happen to fall sharply on the LOVE side of the spectrum and embrace the concrete jungle in all its shame and glory. To reflect the city's...
Ooh La La! The Ultimate Luxury Gift Guide for Francophiles
Francophiles rejoice! Audrey Hepburn once said, "Paris is always a good idea," and I'm sure any Francophile would agree. I have seen endless gift guides for Francophiles, but I have not seen many that cater to the luxe Francophile -- someone with both luxe and...
Chase Sapphire Reserve Travel Credit Card — The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
In my last roundup of the latest travel news stories in my newsletter (if you haven't signed up yet, here's your chance --> weekly newsletter), I included a link to the new Chase Sapphire Reserve travel credit card. Since then, I've received a few emails from...
Wanderlust and Fashion: Travel-Inspired Clothing and Accessories for Autumn 2016
I love travel. I love fashion. I'm always in the market for travel-inspired clothing and accessories, and sometimes that means local finds in a particular destination and sometimes that means clothes that have destinations printed on them, or wearable wanderlust, as I...
Have You Read A Year in the Merde?
Have you read the book, A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke? (FYI, merde = shit in French) It's a comical tale that chronicles the misadventures of a British marketing professional as he runs wild through the streets of Paris and navigates his way through the...
Pardon My French: 20 Common French Phrases for Travelers
Of all the languages I've learned, French has undoubtedly been the hardest. When I first moved to Paris, I didn't speak French very well, though I added words to my budding French lexicon daily. I had 8 years of high school and college Spanish to thank for my relative...
How to Start a Successful and Profitable Blog
How do I start a blog? Perhaps, one of the most commonly asked questions I receive. It's a simple question with a relatively simple answer. Anyone can start a blog, but starting a quality blog that is successful and profitable takes a lot of time and a lot of hard...
Travel + Architecture + Books = 10 Favorite Libraries Around the World
From April 10-16, celebrate National Library Week with the theme "Libraries Transform" -- a public awareness initiative to show how libraries transform communities by providing free access to technology, career development resources, and the skills to help people...
How to Stay Fresh On an Airplane
The high altitude, intense air-conditioning, and the dry stale air at 35,000 feet up in the air can wreak havoc on your physical and mental wellness, whether you're flying commercial or on a private jet charter. Thankfully, a little bit of preparation and a few...
15 Favorite Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr.
TRAVEL has a way of breaking down man-made barriers and fostering a much more open-minded, tolerant perspective of the world -- a sentiment Martin Luther King, Jr. expressed in more ways than one. Today, we celebrate the birthday of MLK, Jr. -- one of the most...