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Natural Swimming Pools? Dive In
My lovely friend Amy alerted me to the existence of a new trend: natural swimming pools. These pools, which often resemble watering holes more than chlorine-filled rectangles, are a welcome addition to...
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Take a Deep Breath: We’re All to Blame
Wuhan’s mysterious ‘yellow haze’ As a Sinophile and someone who has spent five of the past fifteen years living in China, it is deeply disheartening to read news stories like this one reporting on the...
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The Wild West: Grander than Grand
Blood on the Moon was shot in Sedona in the late 1940s. Sundance Kid: “You remember the time you and me and Etta went to Denver one summer for a vacation?” Butch Cassidy: “I’m glad you brought that up,...
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Eco-Friendly Backpack for Travel: Found!
The upside of wearing a backpack while in Lisbon? An extra hand with which to eat pasteis de nata* (the delicious, and ubiquitous, Portuguese egg tart pastry) For the two weeks I recently traipsed...
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The Reformation: Reforming Fashion
A guilty admission for someone on an eco-conscious bender: I love to shop. But there is nothing better than scoring a unique vintage (and thus: eco-friendly!) find at a foreign vintage emporium (like...
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The Collective: Annie Katsura Rollins
‘The Collective: Interviews’ continues this week with the illustrious Annie Katsura Rollins. Annie Katsura Rollins Annie and I met nearly two decades ago on a flight to Beijing, China. We were students...
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Guest Post: Chance Encounters
It used to be the norm for strangers to talk to one another on the street, hold doors for one another, chat in line at the bank. Now, given the proliferation of technological devices at our disposal,...
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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 love, If you want...
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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...
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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...
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