My sanity was questioned when friends and family found out I was leaving sunny Florida for a quick trip to the cold Colorado mountains during one of the harshest weeks of winter—the same week much of Texas was battling unprecedented snowfall and the resulting chaos, and the same week Snowmass had just received a grand…
Winter Wonderlands: The 5 Best Places in the U.S. to Celebrate the Cold
Now more than halfway through, winter is many things to many people—snowy and white, bright and festive, full of wonderful reasons to get outside, on snowshoes and skis and snowboards, amidst the snap of a cold, sunny day. But for some? They don’t love it, so much. Because winter also means slippery roads, and difficult…
Insider’s Guide to Palm Beach
Palm Beach has long been known for its tropical take on the good life, a place at once refined and laidback, upscale and approachable. It’s a haven for shoppers, art and design lovers, and those simply in need of a good beach vacation. But while the destination can trace over 100 years of glittering history,…
US Train Stations Have Surprises in Store
Betty Condon and Tom Butler are checking out a beautifully furnished room that was created for the use of U.S. presidents. Roger Price and Paul Beatty are enjoying a spirited game of tennis. Brothers Charles and Ted Brawner are sharing and comparing tastes at a state-of-the-art brewpub. While none of these experiences might seem to…
Traveling to the Classics: The Best Destinations to Experience Some of Your Favorite Movies
Amid lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, and plenty of sheltering in place, we’ve all become very familiar with our couches and televisions. Over the past year, streaming, internet use, and plain-old TV-watching surged, setting viewership records, as we settled in front of the warming glow of our screens, playing our favorite television series and movies. And the…
Ski Escape: Sunday River, Maine
What’s the cure for a family suffering from a pandemic-fueled case of cabin fever? Road trip! Instead of running from winter’s chill, we decided to drive toward it. As a blizzard was forecast, we drove 5.5 hours northeast from Connecticut to the Sunday River ski resort in Newry, Maine—just before a foot of fresh snow blanketed…
Less Known, but No Less Grand: Mexico’s Copper Canyon
We tottered along a narrow footpath, our packs heavy with our water supply, and looked out into space to our right. From our hiking boots, a short steep slope of grass descended 10 feet, and there the land ended. Far beyond and below that edge, it reappeared, indicating we had quite a high cliff a…
What to Know When You Share a Vacation Rental
It looked so good on paper—a week in a Caribbean villa with my two sisters, their children, and mine. By sharing, we cut costs, gained more space than a hotel room and added such luxuries as a private pool. The rental house in Jamaica, our first villa rental, gave us time to reconnect instead of…
The Omni Mount Washington Resort: ‘An Enchanted Cottage at the Edge of the Wilderness’
February 19, 2021
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In the late afternoon light, the woods of the White Mountain National Forest appear quiet at first, muted by a blanket of soft, fresh snow. All I hear is my own breath and the swish of my cross-country skis as I push my way through the tracks. My husband is ahead of me, trudging up…
Top 5 Places to See First as the World Reopens
The world is big, and beautiful, and awesome—all realities that seem increasingly fanciful and fleeting as we continue to stare at the same four walls each day. But reopening is just around the corner. And as the day nears, when we can finally board an airplane and fly across the globe, it’s worth contemplating this…
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