Despite my woodsy upbringing in New Hampshire, I’m not a regular hiker at this stage of life. But once in a while, a hike along my travels is worth it. The San Antonio Hot Springs in the Santa Fe National Forest was one of those hikes. Located about an hour outside of Santa Fe, New…Read More
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Santa Fe, New Mexico Travel Guide
Last week I jetted off to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and I’m already dreaming of going back. First off, Santa Fe is one of the art centers of the United States. You quite literally can’t walk a foot without finding a gallery of some kind. It’s also an illustration of the diversity of the United…Read More
Savannah, Georgia Travel Guide
I finally understand why Gladys Knight & the Pips took a midnight train to Georgia. After a whirlwind trip to Savannah last week, I’m hooked on the state of lush gardens and fried chicken. My favorite cities to travel to are those that feel stuck in time, relics of an older, more complicated, but also more…Read More
Curaçao Travel Guide
My childhood memories of the Caribbean center on plastic, insulated versions of island life manufactured for cruise goers and naïve American tourists. We would hop from island to island but I never felt like I was seeing any of them. At any moment I expected the curtain to drop revealing the truth behind the sugary…Read More
The Hilton Curacao
Boston in the winter is brutal. It means short days, frigid temperatures, and a perpetually late MBTA. This year, the Hilton Curacao saved me with a mid-winter getaway. I traded frost bite for small bites at cocktail hour and jetted off to the Caribbean. The Hilton Curacao has no walls. Okay, there are walls around…Read More
The Strong Sister
The island of Curacao, located in the Caribbean just off the coast of Venezuela, represents a unique melding of cultures. The native inhabitants, the Amerindian Arawaks, migrated from South America 6,000 years ago. Latin American influence is still an essential part of the nation. In the 16th century, the Netherlands colonized the island, bringing their…Read More