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Quick question – Where do you take a group of travelers that includes a Gen Z’r, an Xennial, two members of Generation X and a Baby Boomer?  We wanted a special birthday celebration for the world’s most youthful grandfather, someplace with adventure (but relaxing), exquisite food (but with local flavor), and a focus on sustainable […]

Did you ever look at water so crystalline that you’re pretty sure when you look away the color of your eyes will have absorbed it and changed to blue? I was lucky enough to spend this weekend in the Turks & Caicos Islands.  There are so many ways to enjoy staying at this amazing destination […]

It sounded idyllic… the family cruising across the country, taking in scenery and making memories to last a lifetime.  Ever since Chevy Chase loaded up the family roadster for WallyWorld, we’ve all enjoyed a love/hate relationship with the idea of hitting the open road with our spouses and kids. Therefore, it was with some trepidation […]

Just back from a captivating ten night stay exploring South Africa. We started (as one should) by learning a little about the heartbreaking history and important, lasting lessons of apartheid in Johannesburg, continued on to be amazed by the boho-artisan waterfront chic of Capetown, traveled down to the southernmost tip of the continent for a […]

The aesthetic and decor are like an adult playground fell in love with a Restoration Hardware catalogue.

*Also known as, how to cram as much junk as possible into a suitcase that needs to weigh less than 50 lbs Your vacation is booked. You are counting down the days – and then it hits you – you need to pack. Not just for you, but for everyone else in your house.  And just […]

Even if you’re like me, and prefer the “apres” to the “ski”

Here are the top 5 trips I helped my clients plan this week in the blizzard.  All diverse, all amazing and all just a phone call away. Let me know where you want to go and I’ll get you there. The kids are looking forward to camp, well when the kids are away the parents […]

There’s just not that much good on TV these days.  So I thought about binge watching Downton and spending a little time visiting with the Crawley family.  But what would be better than visiting the Abbey on PBS would be visiting an estate like it in real life… Right now, Barnsley House in the Costwolds […]

What’s this you ask? Oh, nothing, just the largest indoor pool in Manhattan. In the slickest, chicest new hotel downtown… and we can get you there with a third night free and breakfast included! Having spent the afternoon at amazing new Four Seasons New York Downtown, I can assure the world there could not possibly […]