What to Do in Tokyo All of a sudden I’m finding myself in Tokyo frequently, including two trips at the end of 2017, and I’m planning a trip back with my 8-year-old this fall. It’s gone from being a city that intimidated me to one that I can’t wait to… Read More
The Coolest Places to Travel with Kids in 2018
Family Travel 2018 As you probably know, I write for Travelocity every month. Heading into 2018, they asked me for my family travel recommendations this year. Happy to oblige! I short-listed roughly 25 destinations – places that we’ve traveled to recently and loved, places that are changing that you shouldn’t… Read More
Best of 2017: Favorite Things Around the World
It was another amazing year of travel! I didn’t quite match my 2016 statistics, flying 230,511 miles, or roughly 25,000 fewer than last year, but I couldn’t have fit another trip in if I tried! My 22 countries included (in order): US, UK, Oman, UAE, Costa Rica, Israel, Chile, Bermuda,… Read More
A Month in the Life of a Travel Writer (with Zappos and Blundstone)
Sponsored by Zappos When Zappos approached me with a month-long campaign with Blundstone Boots, I said yes immediately. I don’t think there’s another brand that would fit into our lifestyle as well as Blundstone? And we use Zappos all the time, taking advantage of their one-day shipping and easy returns. So where… Read More
10 Cities That Should Be on Everyone’s Bucket List
Bucket List Cities Creating a bucket list is tricky! The world is full of amazing cities. It would be easy to put together a list of unique cities that are off the beaten path, or a list of the coolest small towns, or up-and-coming destinations. But for this list I… Read More
Tokyo with Kids Made Easy
Updated November 2018 Twice now my daughter has chosen Tokyo for her annual one-on-one trip with me. The first time she was extraordinarily excited since she loves Japan – the culture and language, which she studied briefly in first grade, and the anime that she watches frequently on Netflix and… Read More
Photography Expeditions and Workshops: A Ranking
I’ve just returned from a photography expedition in Oman and United Arab Emirates with National Geographic. On the flight home, I started thinking about the ten photography expeditions and workshops that I’ve now done around the world and what made each one successful (or not). To my mind a successful trip needs:… Read More
2015: A Look Back on a Record Travel Year
Such a fun travel year! Starting in Colorado and ending in Thailand, I flew 178,790 miles to 20 countries on 4 continents. I don’t think I had flown more than 150,000 miles in a year before? Five countries were solo – India and Japan for photo expeditions, Germany and Spain for travel conferences… Read More
Japan: Kyoto to Hiroshima, a Ten Day Journey
I’ve been to roughly 80 countries, but in all of that travel I had only spent one day in Japan – a 14-hour layover in Tokyo over a decade ago. It was a huge gap in my travel experience. With a credit from National Geographic Expeditions from a cancelled trip… Read More