Photo Friday: Adairsville, Georgia
When I was in elementary school my grandparents moved from a short drive from our house in suburban Atlanta to the “country,” a farm in Adairsville. They bought a plot where a barn had once been and...
View ArticleHotel Emma: The Sexiest Hotel in Texas
How many places in the world can you sleep in a former brewery? Visitors to San Antonio, Texas can do just that at the Hotel Emma, a new boutique property named for the matriarch of the Pearl Brewery....
View ArticleCheap and Chic Accommodation at The Jane Hotel
New York City is expensive to visit, especially when your employer is no longer footing the bill. I found myself in this predicament on my most recent trip to the city, where I was speaking at the New...
View ArticleFinding Literary Inspiration at the Stanley Hotel
“He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in the end it always comes out. He would write it because he felt he had to.”...
View ArticleWhere We Slept on the National Parks Road Trip
The two-week trip my sister Sammi and I took around Wyoming and Colorado was fast paced, almost staying in a new destination every night, and involved equal parts camping and hotels. This was my ideal...
View ArticleA Quirky Stay at Madonna Inn
Have you ever booked a hotel stay based on pictures alone? Blog posts and Instagrams from friends and another personal recommendation from a former local led to adding Madonna Inn to my Pacific Coast...
View ArticleWhere I Slept in Central America
I didn’t plan on spending two weeks each in Guatemala and Nicaragua this year, but things fell into place nicely. Because I’m such a short flight away, these short jaunts were the perfect way to...
View ArticleWhy Tiny Sleeps are Best in NYC
Let’s face it: accommodations in big cities eat up most of your travel budget. And in New York City, your money doesn’t get you quite as much as it does elsewhere. Similar to apartments, hotel rooms...
View ArticleStaying at the W Atlanta Hotels
I rarely get a chance to be a tourist in my own city these days. I was contacted about a stay in Atlanta that fell on the heels of my trip to El Paso. It sounded fun so, despite still having a suitcase...
View ArticleWhere I Slept in Colombia
My two-week-long trip through Colombia was certainly memorable but started with some hiccups. My flight was delayed a number of times before being canceled and rebooked for the following day. So...
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