Category: travel
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Sur la piste: Skiing the French Alps
We should really go somewhere new. We keep meaning to make plans. To explore new territory. To branch out. But we can’t seem to stay away from Chamonix-Mont Blanc. The obsession began Christmas 2014. Before Chamonix I had never skied on a mountain that required a practically vertical gondola to get there. (Every place I had skied…
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The lifetime guarantee
I recently came across an online store with an amazing concept: Every product for sale is meant to last a lifetime! BuyMeOnce.com‘s mission is to “throw away our throwaway culture…products that don’t break the bank, don’t break the planet… that don’t break at all!” I love it. Less stuff, better stuff. Shouldn’t we strive to always shop this way?…
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This week I am…
…celebrating Chinese New Year… …and Mardi Gras… …and a personal milestone (what a week!). …eyeing this cool puzzle. …catching up on emails. …laughing out loud. …practicing français. Here are 30 un-translateable words.
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Travel Trend: Adult Coloring Books
Maybe you’ve heard adult coloring books are big this year. Or maybe this is the first you’ve heard and your reaction is somewhere between “that’s ridiculous” and “that’s awesome!” Personally, I’m intrigued. I don’t consider myself an artist, so pulling out a blank sheet of paper and pencil–you know, just to sketch–sounds intimidating. Even stressful.…
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This week I am…
…welcoming a new month–did you know 2016 is a Leap Year? …making my favorite winter soup. …correcting my work-life balance (err, not enough work). …re-listening to this podcast. Go journalism! …eyeing this project for snow days. …avoiding these airports. …getting my life’s motto emblazoned on everything. …trying to be cool.
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Hygge: How Danes beat the winter blues
Winter isn’t my favorite season. I may ski, drink vin chaud and wear the heck out of a shearling jacket, but I’m a California girl at heart. Since moving to Switzerland I’ve tried to change my perspective, because winter is truly something to behold here. Writing this article last year helped me look forward to the…
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Jet lag cure: It has little to do with zzzs
I’ve been back in the Swiss time zone for one week and only this morning was I able to drag myself out of bed before 9 am. I know that moving across time zones can be brutal on the body’s circadian rhythms, but I’ve never had an issue with jet lag before. I tried to…
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Miss me? This week I am…
…decorating my stark apartment. The inspiration. …reading this book. …pouring over these sweet watercolors from this up-and-coming artist. …planning a trip. …shocked over this love story gone wrong. Let it be a lesson to all journalists. …touching all the things. …picking up French lessons again. Twelve bizarre phrases en français.
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2015 Travel Moment: Pilsner in Prague
I was talking to my friend the other day about Prague. She had just visited for the first time and tried their pilsner. I visited nine months ago and I can still taste it. As we talked, we waxed poetic about its intoxicating flavor. Vanilla bean. Nutmeg. Creamy and smooth. Dessert. I never ordered pilsner…
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2015 Travel moment: Skiing Gstaad
Early one morning last winter we took the train to Gstaad. It was cold and dark. The train was quiet, but full. It would be a three-hour ride and I was lugging 10 pounds of ski equipment. I wasn’t excited. I was cranky. But as the train chugged higher into the mountains, the…
Paige Langton 