If I think back to my childhood, the kitchen is where I remember spending the most time. Whether that meant helping my mom with weekly dinners or just watching her with excitement as she prepped all day to make special…
“Collect experiences, not things.” I’m not sure who the first person to coin this phrase was, but they were spot on. As an avid traveler / travel blogger, turned travel designer (Vita Brillanti Travel), I’ve always placed the highest valued on the experiences,…
The first time you meet Lizeth Morales, you can’t help but smile! We’ve only had the pleasure to meet over Zoom (no surprise there! haha) but she has a contagious energy that’s pretty amazing. You start to wonder –…
It is very rare to find a cookbook that connects history so well with the recipes it features – and maybe I just haven’t read enough cookbooks (totally possible! haha!) but Parwana caught my eye because it was different. In…
Friends, it’s been a long time. I took some much needed time away to continue consulting (for those new around here – while blogging, I have consulting gigs in the creative space) and dig deeper into where I want…
What my career in transitional justice and peace-building taught me about travel.
So excited to finally share the guide for Cartagena! I went to Cartagena to celebrate my cousin’s bachelorette and it was my first time in Colombia. I had such an amazing time and already want to go back with Thomas!…
Milwaukee has been on my radar since we moved to Chicago. Mainly because it’s so close to us and because last Summer they were featured by Vogue and called “coolest and underrated midwest city”… so I obviously had to and…
I realized that so much of the travel content I produce for you is guides and travel stories about where to go and what to do when you first arrive in a new country but I don’t really share…
