As beautiful as Cartagena is, the heat does start to get to you and retreating to the beach felt like a natural solution. We arranged two day trips by boat – Blue Apple Beach and Isla Barú. We were able to book Blue Apple Beach ourselves online and our hotel Casa Gastelbondo arranged the day […]
Read more "Isla Barú & Blue Apple Beach, Colombia"Where to begin with this amazing city?? The food, the architecture, the bright colors, the heat, the bougainvillea (best I’ve ever seen!!) Cartagena is STUNNING and way more cosmopolitan than I was expecting. I was completely blown away by how much I enjoyed our time here. On our first day, we arrived early afternoon after […]
Read more "Cartagena!"The entire reason we chose to visit Santa Marta was due to its proximity to Tayrona National Park, a protected area covering the foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta where they meet the Caribbean coast. Known for its rich biodiversity, Tayrona includes mountains, beaches, and jungles all in one park – not to […]
Read more "Tayrona National Park – Fails and Wins"Minca was meant to be a footnote in our travels to Colombia. I’d read a few nice things about it being a cute but tiny backpacker destination in the mountains near Santa Marta. It ended up being a highlight of our trip and we enjoyed it so much we went back for a second day. […]
Read more "Colombia Part 3: Minca in the mountains"Whilst scrolling through Instagram (as one does), I happened upon a photo of a beautiful beach dotted with colorful umbrellas and filled with surfers with a geo-tag of Levanto, Italy. I had no idea there was surf anywhere in Italy! Intrigued, I did some research and found that Levanto is the doorway to the Cinque […]
Read more "Levanto"Italian fishing village. Celebrity haven. Super douche super yachts. Tourist attraction. Glorious holiday resort. Portofino is all these things. Tucked into the Italian Riviera coastline, just southeast of Genoa, lies Portofino. A slowly winding passage of narrow cliffside roads took us past villas as colorful as a gelato stand, designer boutiques featuring tiny bikinis and […]
Read more "Perfecto(ish) Portofino"On our last full day in Como, we carved out a morning and better part of the afternoon to catch the ferry to Bellagio for some exploring. Bellagio is the pearl of Lake Como – a stunning village situated on a promontory jutting into the center of the lake. Because of it’s location, there are […]
Read more "Bougie in Bellagio"Santa Teresa, Costa Rica is the next Tulum. So says The New York Times, and I tend to agree, although a part of me hopes it never grows to that level of hip (sorry Tulum, you are still lovely). In the most insane stroke of luck, just as we planned our Costa Rica visit for […]
Read more "Santa Teresa & Mal Pais, Costa Rica"This is the fourth time we’ve had the honor of FIG being nominated for Outstanding Wine Program, and our third trip to Chicago for the awards ceremony (they were previously held in New York). Although we haven’t taken home a win for wine (Chef Stanhope won Best Chef: Southeast 3 years ago, but still no […]
Read more "JAMES BEARD AWARDS, CHICAGO"12 years together, a lifetime to go! March 31, 2017 marks our five year wedding anniversary, and 12 years total of being together. It rained on our beach wedding (rainy weddings are lucky!), so we had to move the ceremony indoors at the last minute, with the vows on the back porch rather than the […]
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