North America
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Packing with Natalie Shaquer
When we came across travel creator Natalie Shaquer’s sudoku packing framework, we were immediately won over by its simple and sensical approach: a grid-based system for building a 9 piece travel wardrobe that makes 27 outfits.
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Our Miami Hotels List
We’ve always treated Miami as a quick dose of fun and sun—but with a crop of new openings and freshly polished classics, we just might need to stay longer. From scene-y South Beach Art Deco icons to low-key stays in Coconut Grove and beyond, here’s where we’d check in now.
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Our Sayulita and Punta de Mita Lists
On the southern coast of the Riviera Nayarit, Sayulita’s barefoot, bohemian beach culture and Punta Mita’s ingredient-driven food scene have been attracting surfers, chefs, and the creative crowds that tend to follow them for years.
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Dispatch from Mazatlán
Once known more for budget beach tourism than beauty, Mazatlán is gradually re-emerging as one of Mexico’s most interesting coastal cities.
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My Mérida List
With its faded 19th-century grandeur, laid-back Yucatecan culture, and deep-rooted food traditions, Mérida has long been a draw for creatives in search of a slower pace of life. Mexico City native Carlos Huber, who has a house there, shares his favorites.
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Hotel Hércules, Querétaro, Mexico
Housed in a beautiful heritage structure—the second-oldest textile factory in Mexico—Hotel Hércules combines old-world charm with industrial chic, creating an otherworldly adaptive reuse complex that also includes a craft brewery, boutiques, and artist studios and workshops. Trisha Cole checks in.
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Upstate Road Trip
Winter weekends at our house upstate are always magical for me—it doesn’t matter if it’s freezing or foggy, snowy or raining. Because so many shopkeepers turn into snowbirds and head south for the winter, it’s only the diehards who stay around, and it’s a chance to catch up before most of the weekenders arrive.
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Meg Yash, Timbuktu Travel
With nearly 20 years in the travel industry, Meg Yash specializes in adventure travel across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Drawing on a background in international development, she designs travel rooted in ethical, sustainable practices, guiding newcomers and seasoned travelers alike toward off-the-beaten-path, immersive experiences in nature.
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Dispatch from Bermuda
This tiny fish-hook-shaped archipelago defined by its utter isolation is a swirl of influences that have collided on its coral-limestone shores, from British to Deep South, Portuguese to West African. Alexandra Marvar likes to go in early spring, when the island’s pink-sand beaches are nearly empty, a fish chowder and rum swizzle will warm you…