This was the incredible view outside our window at Explora, the hotel we stayed at in Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia during our honeymoon. The wind in this part of the world is legendary and a topic of conversation daily, like the fog in San Francisco. One at least a couple of the…
Archives for December 2016
Breakfast Included
There’s little better than waking up without an alarm clock on vacation and wandering down from your hotel room to breakfast, when breakfast is included and readily available. In my mind, a buffet is best. Not all breakfast buffets are inspired. Many are quite terrible, but when they’re good they’re really good. Their pace is leisurely, and…
Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
WHEN: December 2016 & October 2015 VERDICT: The first time I read this book in October of 2015 I devoured it. I’ve come back to it again now more than a year later, and I’ve loved it just as much the second time. In between, I’d find myself thinking about some quirky habit I’d read…
Buzzing Around the House on Espresso
“Why do we bother with the rest of the day, the swale of the afternoon, the sudden dip into evening, then night with his notorious perfumes, his many-pointed stars? This is the best— throwing off the light covers, feet on the cold floor, and buzzing around the house on espresso—” A few stanzas from Morning,…