A Week on Safari in Kenya and Tanzania
August 2026 — On this trip: The Great Migration, on land and through rivers; spellbound by every animal we saw; driving by part of the Great Rift Valley, the cradle of humankind
Scotland & Faroe Islands
August 2026 — On this trip: The home of golf; an inadvisable hike in the Isle of Skye; catching a teeny bit of Fringe; unbelievable idyll in the enchanting Faroe Islands
8 Days in Switzerland: Lausanne, Bern, (Art) Basel, Lucerne, Zermatt
June 2025 — On this trip: Beauty is abundant, nature is spectacular (thank you, Swiss transit infrastructure); rose wine and kidney-healing water; Art Basel; practicing sincerity via pescatarianism; grrr British Airways
Storm King Art Center
I spent a day at Storm King Art Center, an open-air museum filled with monumental sculptures.
Christmas on the Danube
December 2024 — On this trip: Charming Christmas markets, churches, and castles; Chagall at the Albertina and Rembrandt at Kunsthistorisches; two notable clocks; a spontaneous day trip to St. Gallen
3 Days in Copenhagen
July 2024 — On this trip: Noma is admittedly really excellent; perfect pastries and sweet strawberries; sunny sculptures with sad stories; contemplating possible futures at the Designmuseum
3 Days in Amsterdam
March 2023 — On this trip: Renew your passport!!; Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum; transcendent veggies; many art museums; day trip to The Hague to visit the Peace Palace and watch Nederlands Dans Theater’s Climb the sky
2 Weeks in Portugal and Spain: Lisbon, Seville, Cordóba, Granada, Madrid
September 2022 — On this trip: World Heritage Sites; highs and lows of fine dining; my favorite example of religious architecture (Cordóba’s Mosque-Cathedral); every destination is worthwhile
4 Days in Florence
December 2023 — On this trip: Why I spend hours picking restaurants (culinary world, please give Saporium her flowers); breathtaking Botticellis; reuniting with our favorite gelato; New Year’s Eve in New York City
3 Days in Tuscany
December 2023 — On this trip: A series of serendipities and daily miracles; frolicking in various foggy dreamscapes; good wine and cocoa pasta; a reflection on the world-as-gift
3 Days in Rome
December 2023 — On this trip: Brought to tears by Bernini at the Borghese; finally visited the Colosseum; overwhelmed by the Vatican’s treasures and underwhelmed by salty pasta
