Coming Home to the Mission and Delfina – San Francisco, CA

I wrote about my celebration weekend in San Francisco earlier this month and wanted to follow-up with my trip to Delfina. I’ve always had a special place in my heart for Delfina. I’ve been on dates there, had heart-to-hearts with friends, and celebrated many occasions. Each time it has always felt like I was coming […]

Tom Yum Goong Soup Straight from Thailand

I’ve been sick for the past 10 days so soup has been on my mind. Well, soup and tropical beaches since it’s February in Chicago. This is what I dream of: It’s no surprise that my mind drifted to my honeymoon in Thailand and the wonderful cooking lesson I took with the head chef of […]

I Left My ♥ in San Francisco

I called San Francisco my home for almost nine years and miss it to this day. I have not been back since 2010 but I had the chance last weekend with some friends for a friend’s weekend/SF reunion/bachelorette party. It was impossible to get in everything I wanted to in less than 72 hours but […]

36 Hours in Hong Kong – The Peak, Man Mo Temple, Ozone & More

Touching down to Hong Kong after sixteen hours in a plane is a beautiful thing. You’ll also thank yourself for booking a car from the airport ahead of time. In my last blog I told you about my incredible stay at The Peninsula Bangkok. I was not able to stay at the The Peninsula Hong Kong […]

36 Hours In Bangkok – Part II: The Good Life

“If I died, right here, now, I would be happy.” This is the thought I had while lying in the “recovery” room in the 19,000-square-foot luxury Peninsula Spa.

36 Hours in Bangkok – Part I

“One night in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster” Traveling is truly a privilege and I have been fortunate enough to be able to use my passport several times. A new foreign city shakes me out of my mode of thinking and forces me to tune-in and feel new sites, sounds and people. The idea […]

Colombian Dinner in Germany – Willkommen to Corazón Latino

Last year I posted about zum Ackerbürger, L’Osteria and Cavos Taverna during my trip to Germany. My birthday was also during this trip and I wanted to try something a bit different. Enter Corazón Latino, a Colombian restaurant in Stuttgart. Upon entering you feel like you stepped into some kind of vortex and landed in another world/country. […]

36 Hours In NYC – Gotham Bar & Grill, The High Line and More!

If you can swing it, last-minute travel can be the way to go when exploring a city like New York. I had a weekend free and wanted to get out-of-town, have good weather, eat some great food, stay in a hotel with a nice view and celebrate an anniversary, oh and not spend a million […]

Founding Farmers – Washington D.C.

I made a trip to Washington D.C. recently and despite the heat managed to see quite a lot. I can’t believe it took me so long to get to the capital but better late than never, right? Seeing the National Monument, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and the Star-Spangled Banner […]

It’s Mardi Gras, Let’s Go Back to New Orleans – Yuki Izakaya

This weekend, a friend of mine was boarding next to a flight to New Orleans and she sent me a text reminiscing about our trip to Mardi Gras back in the day. It got me thinking of my most recent trip to New Orleans and a place I fell in love with, Yuki Izakaya. Happy […]