To celebrate our 30th and 60th birthdays, my mom and I spent a weekend drying out in the desert. We delighted at the mid-century modern art and architecture lining the streets of Palm Springs, scoured antique shops and old book stores, and escaped the afternoon… Read More
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Mexico City & Oaxaca
Our week in Mexico was spent wandering museums, bartering for handmade crafts, and eating our body weight in corn, crickets, and Oaxacan cheese.
Nocino Making at Quillisascut Farm
My sister and I spent a weekend doing what we do best: meandering through tiny towns looking for cherries and antiques, dipping our toes in mineral-rich waters, reading about dams and tribes and what was stolen, marveling at mesas and million-year-old rock, and of course,… Read More
Paris in the Spring
As one of the city’s most beloved treasures — the Notre-Dame — goes up in flames today, I feel deep sorrow and immense gratitude for our experience walking these streets so peacefully just one week ago. A day wasn’t complete without a glimpse of that… Read More
Jasper & Banff National Parks
Key learnings from our 5th annual Goren siblings camping trip: black bears eat 25,000 berries a day, our glaciers are melting, everything’s better in Canada.
Our Honeymoon in Japan
Japan is an exquisite country, filled with kind people, impeccable order, and the best dashi broth and fatty tuna I’ve ever eaten. Everything is executed with the utmost attention and care. Each person we met felt like they had been waiting for us, ready to… Read More
Post-Wedding Bliss on Lummi Island
Getting married on Orcas Island surrounded by the people we cherish most was indescribably magical. Lucky for us, that magic followed us across the Puget Sound as we hopped over to Lummi Island for a few days of relaxation and post-wedding bliss. Our days were… Read More
Fall’s Arrival
The changing of the season always takes me by surprise. Even though it happens each year, I am always struck by how it manages to creep in, quietly, doing its work in the night. Until one ordinary morning, it shows itself, as if sitting outside your window the… Read More
September at Spannocchia
After six weeks of temples, motorbikes, sticky rice, tiny islands, night buses, and fish sauce — I find myself in a very different part of the world: Tuscany. I am currently a farm intern at Spannocchia, an agrotourism specializing in salumi, wine, and olive oil. Along with 7 other hard-working, food-loving… Read More
Hoi An, Vietnam
On our 16-hour train ride to Hoi An, we traded personal space and volume control for a three-tiered bunk bed and Korean soap operas. As two small Vietnamese children plopped themselves onto our beds to chat with their grandma at 7am, we couldn’t help but smile. After the long… Read More