I’ve visited Atlanta more than a dozen times over the last decade, but on a recent visit with a couple of my favorite girlfriends, I experienced a different side of the Southern city. The decision to go was last minute; one of my friends was planning a trip to Atlanta, and asked two of us…
by Katherine Ainsworth As a consummate traveler and lover of all variety of adornment, I make a point of delving into the jewelry scene anywhere I go—from the streets of New York City to China and many places in between. But on my recent visit to Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, I hit the jackpot. The Grand…
by Amy Lynch After flying eight hours to visit my boyfriend in Germany for a month, I soon realized that I was not content simply to sit in his apartment and watch music videos during his workweek. Hence, I cooked up plans to take some side trips on my own to the cities I’ve always…
by Sarah Naimark The unexpected is something we can forget to love. The secure ritual of daily life in consistent surroundings provides a warm familiarity that can be hard to cast off. This, interestingly enough, extends to our travel selves as well. We seek what we know, or at least what we can envision, chasing…
by Andrea Clarke Before I arrived in Washington, D.C., I had an A-list itinerary of places to see: the Lincoln Memorial, the White House, Capitol Hill, Georgetown, and the easy-going suburb of Adams Morgan. As I planned my agenda during the forty hours it took me to get to Washington from Melbourne, I couldn’t help…
by Andrea Clarke The Chinese scholar and writer Lin Yutang once wrote, “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” Along with other sacred belongings, my pillow is gathering dust in the attic of an airport hangar at Melbourne Airport. I…
You can tell a lot about a place by shopping in it. Are the prices high? Are they fixed? Or, like China, is there some magical wiggle room? Because when you can haggle, the possibilities open up like orange blossoms, and soon shopping becomes something more than just a thing about things. When you can…