#WCW – The Palenqueras of Cartagena
Discover the history of black Colombia through the palenqueras of Cartagena de Indias from origins to present day.
Discover the history of black Colombia through the palenqueras of Cartagena de Indias from origins to present day.
Some of the places on this list, I’ve been to myself, others are bucket destinations to me as well that I hope to get to in the next two years
I love telling stories visually through great style paired with perfect landscapes and backdrops not just to insight you to “ooh” and “ahh,” but entice you to book that flight and travel to the locales I feature on the blog.
“In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace — and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”
The first thing that came to my head upon entering the boutique was Dynasty — in the best possible way. I could picture throwing myself down the stairs in a fit of rage, or maybe throwing a crystal decanter while weeping in a beautiful Andrés Pajón gown.
Anyone who has spoken to me about my travels recently knows that I have a new love affair with Colombia. There will definitely be more posts on the blog coming soon about my amazing adventures in South America this winter. But in the meantime, wet your palates with my guide to Medellín for Fathom! Colombia is having a moment. Between talk of Netflix’s Narcos and Steve Harvey’s unfortunate blunder at the Miss Universe pageant, hardly a day goes by without the Latin American country being referenced. Drug trafficking and beautiful women aside, there is so much more to naturally rich Colombia than pop culture may lead you to believe, including Medellín, a city positioning itself as the next art and design capital of South America.
In the past two weeks I’ve journeyed from NYC to Guatapé, Colombia, climbed a giant rock, took a helicopter to the city of Medellín, met amazing people, planned a future life, headed to Lima, met another German and here I am, in the beach / desert side town of Paracas, Peru. I can’t wait to share this all with you
Now it’s time to focus on that other question that induces a headache this time a year, “What are we doing for New Years?” I say, take a trip! Here are my top 10 instagram-envy inducing locales selected from our ‘N A Perfect World travels of 2015.