• High Tea

    High Tea

    “No matter where you are in the world, you are at home when tea is served.” –Earlene Grey As part of my “Slow-tober” (see previous post for full details), I’ve been enjoying reading Agatha Christie novels featuring hero detective Hercule Poirot. The mustachioed Belgian takes his food and drink seriously, but he detests the British…

  • A Travel Writer’s Top 5 Travel Tips

    A Travel Writer’s Top 5 Travel Tips

    When you travel a lot like I do, you come to depend on habits and tips to keep everything going smoothly.  Recently while I was at 30,000 feet I started thinking about my very best practices that make the biggest difference in my travel experiences. Here are my top 5 general travel tips. 1.  Ritualize your travel…

  • 10 Self-Care Tips for Luxury Travel

    10 Self-Care Tips for Luxury Travel

    It’s no secret that travel stress is higher than ever, with increased uncertainty and changing policies and procedures. And yet getting away is often deeply restorative, even transformational. A powerful key to ensure your upcoming trips add to your emotional well-being is to incorporate self-care into the experience. This can often be accomplished in simple…