harvest season in pictures.

Thanks for all the wonderful feedback on my Fisher post from yesterday. It was every bit as amazing as it looked. Here’s the rest of our Napa Valley visit in pictures. Happy Friday! Hotel: Hotel Yountville Restaurants: Hurleys, Oakville Grocery Redd Bottega Hopper Creek Kitchen Fremont Diner Vineyards: Pride Mountain FisherVineyards Round Pond Alpha Omega…

i am NOT a crier.

So you can imagine my shock last year when we left the Paul Gauguin and I was sobbing like a toddler who didn’t get candy at the check-out counter. At the time, I attributed this sentimental breakdown as too much Sauvignon Blanc at the farewell lunch. I quietly hid behind my Jackie-O shades blubbering, while…

tahiti in pictures- part 1.

I haven’t yet composed my thoughts. Where do you even begin to tell about such an incredible trip? They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I guess I’ll start with that… Here are some more images from Bora Bora, Fakarava, Rangiroa and Huahine. I’ll post part 2 on Monday with our pictures…

tahitian sneak peek.

D and I are finally home from our beloved Tahiti. And while I did come back relaxed and a nice shade of bronze, I also came back sick. I’m pretty sure spending 18 hours of travel time behind the “iron curtain” (i.e. first class), has something to do with my incessant hacking. I may have Moorea’s…

the vermont wedding.

D and I spent our long weekend in Vermont for an amazing wedding weekend. Paul and Cody chose TheTrapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont for their wedding. I had never considered Vermont to be on my list of places to travel, so I was overly surprised by the beauty and seclusion of the state and the…

meet pablo.

It’s officially wedding week! I’m pumped. But before I go into detail about our upcoming trip, I’d like you to meet Pablo, better known to most of the world as Paul. I don’t have an adolescent memory that doesn’t include Paul. The details as to how we became great friends routinely escape my memory, but…

napa in pictures.

Instead of writing about everything, I’m just doing a pictorial post today. Enjoy! As seen in the pictures: Hotels Solage Calistoga |Carneros Inn Vineyards Schramsberg | Barnett | Round Pond | Alpha Omega | B Cellars | Cimarossa | Terra Valentine Restaurants Crab House at Pier 39 | SolBar | Oenotri | Lucy

napa valley flowers.

I am so behind on my posts but wanted to share with you a glimpse of the beautiful flowers in the Napa Valley this weekend. While the grapes weren’t yet on the vine, and bud break has just begun, the flowers were in full bloom and overly impressive. These are wild flowers, flower beds, succulents… basically…

guest post: south africa.

If anyone has heard me talk about my travels, you have heard me mention my favorite place on earth.  Cape Town.  Hands down, no question.  It is a place of incredible, awe-inspiring beauty, but its pulse is more than skin deep.  When you are there, you can feel that you are on the tip of…