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 situation as was Sammi's. She provided the tent and necessary gear, doing that part of the … [Read more...] about Where We Slept on the National Parks Road Trip
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Finding 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.” ― Stephen King, The Shining • • • Most people can identify the significance of the hotel … [Read more...] about Finding Literary Inspiration at the Stanley Hotel
Cheap 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 York Times Travel Show. I've stayed in a handful of places before, namely a basic hostel on the … [Read more...] about Cheap and Chic Accommodation at The Jane Hotel
Hotel 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. The entire grounds have become a mixed-use development for shops, restaurants and bars, as well … [Read more...] about Hotel Emma: The Sexiest Hotel in Texas
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 built a house. They've lived there ever since and I always looked forward to exploring the woods when … [Read more...] about Photo Friday: Adairsville, Georgia