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Category Archives: Smile
What Does Sustainable Luxury Travel Look Like?
I’m thrilled to announce my husband Joseph and I will be serving as this year’s coveted Cayuga Collection interns in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Forbes called the position “The Best Job Ever” —as interns, we will experience the best the collection … Continue reading
Posted in Central America, Eat, Eco-Conscious, Indulge, North America, Sleep, Smile
Tagged best internship ever, Cayuga Collection internship, climate, composting systems, Costa Rica travel, eco lodges, environment, Lapa Rios, sustainable hospitality, sustainable luxury travel, sustainable tourism, sustainable travel
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When the Clock Struck Twelve: Hong Kong, 2001
I have to admit: like many (including the writer of this Atlantic article), I’m not the biggest fan of New Year’s Eve. The celebrations always feel contrived, the parties overwrought. Not to mention that in a globalized world, there’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Route 1A, Smile
Tagged Hong Kong, Lamma Island, Lan Kwai Fong, New Year's Eve, Peninsula Kowloon, The Atlantic
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Resolutions of the Written Word: Lessons in Sustainability
“The mind of the man who dreams is fully satisfied by what happens to him. The agonizing question of possibility is no longer pertinent. Kill, fly faster, love to your heart’s content. And if you should die, are you not … Continue reading
Good Advice For the End of the World (as We Know It)
So about that ‘Mayan’ apocalypse. Oops. Yet another End of the World prediction that failed to materialize. This article over on The Spirituality and Health blog may help alleviate any stress you had about predictions of doom and gloom, as … Continue reading
A Festivus For the Rest of Us
I always find the holidays a difficult triangulation between the desire to give in the ‘holiday spirit,’ the fear of contributing to environmental destruction, and the glittering temptation of mass produced holiday consumptionism. And I’m not alone: According to RecycleWorks.org, waste per … Continue reading
Sustainable (Hu)Man: Rediscovering the Old (as Adam)
I’m a bit obsessed with this new website I recently discovered. Aside from its slightly male-centric title (as such, I’m suggesting a re-title as ‘Sustainable HUman’), Sustainable Man provides a necessary addition to the conversation about sustainability and mindful living. … Continue reading
Posted in Eco-Conscious, Indulge, North America, Smile
Tagged Adam Irish, Gucci cashmere sweater vintage, haberdashery, Midnight in Paris, nostalgia, Old as Adam, Owen Wilson, Portsmouth vintage store, Street restaurant Portsmouth, sustainability, Sustainable Man, Wal-Mart throw-away crap, White Stag hunting jacket, Woody Allen
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Unwindulax?
On a recent ‘political’ issue of the American television show ‘30 Rock,’ the U.S. Presidential election was decided by a group of relaxed, beer-drinking, partying Florida residents whose slogan was “Unwindulax!” After the rancor of the election, I’m sure most … Continue reading
Posted in Eco-Conscious, Europe, Sleep, Smile
Tagged 30 rock, hotels, Italian hostel world, Terra Pass, traveling light, unwindulax
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The Collective: Sergio Scabuzzo
‘The Collective: Interviews’ turns this week to a topic I only recently learned about, but one that is increasingly important, especially given the massively damaging climate events this past week: permaculture. A few months back, I had the pleasure of … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Eco-Conscious, Sleep, Smile, The Collective: Interviews
Tagged An Inconvenient Truth, bee keeping, Bueng-Pai Organic Farm, Emerald Earth, intentional communities, living sustainably, natural building, permaculture, Sergio Scabuzzo, The Greenman Project, Topanga Canyon, Transition movement
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Advice for the Itinerant
Early this morning, I steeped a cup of tea and looked out over the view that has been my home for eight years: the Pacific Ocean, the Santa Monica Bay stretching from Malibu to Rancho Palos Verdes. Last week, at … Continue reading
Posted in Route 1A, Smile
Tagged advice for the itinerant, Gianpiero Petriglieri, Harvard Business Review
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Grounding Places: The Wealth of an Hour (or Two, or Three, or Four…)
I depart as air…. I shake my white locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies and drift it in lacy jags. I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I … Continue reading
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