Fresh from a wonderful mini cruise on the Seine with Viking Cruises, my eyes are opened to a new way to travel.

With the word turning remote, the last few year has offered more opportunities than ever to live somewhere new on special stay visas across Europe, and the world.

More women-led content outlets, media and experts to follow for inspiration

Exploring travel, culture, history, education, and how we are all interconnected are all passions of mine. So as part of a new series on the blog, video & pod, I plan to cover all 50 states in America (and a few provinces in Canada), to review the people and places that shaped unique places and started traditions that we now now.

We have the time, let’s brush up our language skills

I am moving to one of my favorite cities! I have been so fortunate to lived in incredible places like New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, and now London…

After passing through five major airports in one week, the world as we know it changed.

New Year, new travel reading list: Happy reading, exploring, and remember “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” ~ Maya Angelou

After taking some time off from storytelling, and processing my last few years of experiences & conversations, I have found myself renewed, aligned and more passionate than ever about the cross-section of culture, travel, education, and women of all ages, and how we can explore & learn together. Travel Oracles, let’s begin…

I finally made it to the Fixer Upper mecca in the small town of Waco, Texas. Watch your back Joanna & Chip Gaines, I’m coming for ya!

Consider this my warm up to the big Round Top Antique show in the Fall: I recently spent a few weeks back in Austin, but this time took to the road to explore the many small towns outside of the City in search of treasure.

I was recently in one of my favorite places Santa Barbara for some business, some friend time, and to partake in the celebration of the City’s annual Fiesta, or “old Spanish days” that has been a tradition for 95 years.

Santa Barbara has always been one of my favorite places to escape LA for, and it offers plenty of beauty, activities and wine.

Our culture continues to be starved for real connection and generational relationships that would impart the cultural & experiential wisdom we so desperately need. Why does the West still fight this fact and perpetuate stereotypes? With an aging population - lead by women, who are more active than ever and wield more spending power - we have an opportunity to harness the power of experience.

I recently returned from an incredible all-women trip to Bermuda with ‘Women Who Travel’, an exciting new program from CNT to encourage global exploration in carefully curated trips for women. The island was beyond beautiful and held history that was largely unknown to me previously.

With the return of HBO’s ‘Deadwood’ movie, it had me thinking about why I connected with the series in the first place and how it reminded me of family in Cripple Creek, Colorado

Exciting news to share today: I have a newly upgraded monthly travel newsletter AND I will be joining Conde Nast Traveler’s inaugural #WomenWhoTravel group trip to Bermuda!

It turns out that hospitality - from boutique hotels to vacation homes - are proving to be the ideal showcase for many talented designers around the country, amateurs and professionals alike, offering spectacular and unique results.

I recently co-hosted the Lux Travel Chat on Twitter, and we discussed what people are looking for in terms of experiences, to connect with local culture. Turns out, this is a high priority for many of you, so it’s no wonder programs like Airbnb’s Experiences or EatWith dining packages are booming.

After working with large hospitality brands around the world, I have spent the last few years traveling extensively around America — mainly to emerging markets — to speak with local business owners, to see what the next generation of hospitality & hotels are doing (boutique hotels, B&Bs, vacation homes, etc) and how they are getting everything right in terms of design, branding, collaboration, experiences and connecting to local culture.