When you have a toddler, the rhythms of time completely change. Often on a Tuesday evening, I think that it must already be Thursday. Other times, an entire morning disappears as I’m trying to get a two-year-old dressed and out of the house. An hour by myself spent completely relaxing feels absolutely luxurious. A full […]
There was something magical about the horse-drawn carriages of Seville, Spain. Sure, they’re just about the only thing more touristy than taking a gondola ride in Venice. And to be honest, I wasn’t even tempted by horse and buggies in Seville — probably because we had a very active 11-month-old with us when we were there […]
The Alcazar of Seville is the kind of place where you want to linger… In fact, even the Spanish royal family wants to linger there and stays there occasionally as its one of their official residences, and it’s the oldest royal palace still in use in Europe. We lingered so long that the weather had […]
My favorite thing about Skansen, Stockholm’s famous open-air museum, are the sod roof houses. Until the late 19th century, grass and flowers growing out of roof tops all over Scandinavia were a common sight, but not anymore. These houses seemed like something out of fairy tale and were a definite highlight in sprawling Skansen. We […]
If you really want to feel like a yuppie, walk through Christiania in Copenhagen while pushing a stroller with one hand while clutching your cappuccino from Baresso in the other. In Christiania, the division seems to be not so much tourist vs. resident but rather yuppie vs. hippie. Oh, there were plenty of us coffee-carriers […]
Snarkitecture was responsible for the very cool entrance of Design Miami/ in 2012. When is the best time to go to Miami? The answer is simple but sounds a little confusing: Design Miami/Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach. In other words, the best time to go to Miami is the second weekend in December when […]
On Friday, February 1, I found myself at Times Square as the clock inched toward midnight, excitedly waiting for something big to happen: a #MidnightMoment. Was I one month and one day late in celebrating the New Year? Nope! I was there for the debut of Tracey Emin’s first public-art project in the US. For […]
The New York Times Travel Show, an annual consumer and trade show at the Javits Center in New York City, has become a must-attend event for travel media, tourism organizations, tour operators and travel enthusiasts. And indeed, they were all there this weekend, along with a samurai (Japan) and a sloth (SeaWorld) and about one […]
Wondering where to go in 2013? The major travel publications have made their annual predictions of what will be popular and they each have their own, vastly different ideas of where the jetset will be hanging out this year. Let’s take a look at the hot lists from the New York Times, NatGeo Traveler, Conde Nast Traveller […]
How to break up a six-hour drive from Stockholm to Skane? With a bunch of moose, of course! After three days in Stockholm in July, it was time to throw our luggage (including a travel crib) into the roomy trunk of our Volvo XC70 graciously supplied by Carrentals.co.uk head south to Skane, where we’d be staying […]
