Olympic Cocktail Hour: Rio-Style from Terranea Resort
The summer Olympics in Rio are less than a week away and the folks at Southern California’s beautiful Terranea Resort have a few cocktails to get us in the Olympic spirit. Summer Fridays anyone?
Month: July 2016
The Safety Issue: Where to Travel?
This week, I read a survey conducted by global travel insurance company Allianz, concerning American travel trends in light of recent terror attacks. Almost a quarter of Americans (22%) say that the fear of further violence has influenced their vacation planning in some way; whether that be cancelling (6%) to changing locations (5%). As Americans age, the fear of terror attacks happening while traveling to different regions of the world increases significantly. That trend, however, is reversed for travel within the U.S. and Canada, where millennials aged 18 to 34 have the greatest fear of an attack happening on home soil (57%) compared to generation X (51%) and baby boomers (48%). That last bit really struck me as I’m a millennial, NAPW is primarily curated for the global citizen lifestyle of the millennial and also harbor more fear of an attack on home soil. Often — and this isn’t just a recent thing — when I tell people I’m heading somewhere they say “Be careful.” There is always something negative about a location if …
‘N’s Nomads: Coffee Entrepreneur Gabe Shohet
From ski competitions in Afghanistan, mountain climbing through Russian borders to Rivas in the South of France, Gabe lives life on the ultimate #GOALS level. Since founding Black Sheep Coffee in 2013 with friends from university, some of his expeditions have a new purpose: the search for the perfect bean.
#TravelTuesday – Video Waking Up at Palacio Belmonte
While in Lisbon, I stayed at the famed Palacio Belmonte. This place was so hard to leave that I actually ended up spending an extra day in Lisbon with my mom. Check out a small bit of what it was like waking up in the Padre Himalaya suite in the video above and here’s a sneak peak.
Bonne fête à tous! or Happy Bastille Day!
Let’s celebrate La fête nationale or Le quatorze juillet (or Bastille Day for us English speakers) with our favorite French designers. As I spent July 4th in France, it’s only bizarrely fitting that I spend Le quatorze juillet here in the New York.
A month of Talking Taste – June
These tastemakers are going to have you seeking out chocolate babka and leave you tickled fantasizing about a 100-degree day in Tuscany.
Your Summer Power Suit – Summer16 Swimsuit Guide
Swimsuits are my power suits. So now that temps in NYC are hotter than summer in a Spike Lee joint, here are my favorite swimsuit brands that I’ve rocked in the last year and where to get them.
Happy Fourth of July… From Provence!
We may be the butt of a lot of jokes, but there is nowhere I’d rather be a young, creative entrepreneur than in the USA. Acknowledging a lot of our problems, my family came here for opportunity that I am still enjoying the fruits of today. Happy Birthday America and I can not wait to see you again.