Summer Travel Planning: One City, One Beat (And How I Actually Plan It)
After years of overstacking our summers, too many cities, too much driving, arriving back on Maui hollowed out instead of restored, I stopped building itineraries and started building beats. One city. One purpose. One note in a greater song. Here's how I actually do it, and the simple tools that make it work.
Summer Travel Planning: Why I Book My Return Flight First (And How I Actually Do It) — A Real-Life Strategy from a Maui-Based, World-Traveling Mom
I start every summer trip the same way. With the last flight. The return home. Once that's locked in, dates, destinations, decisions are easier to define. It might sound counterintuitive, but booking the end first is the most practical move I know. Here's why it works, and the tools I'm using to do it smarter than ever.
What I Eat After Service: Spaghetti Carbonara
All night, I was thinking about this. Spaghetti Carbonara, a glass of red, and a quiet moment at the end of service.
To Celebrate Earth Day, Start in Your Kitchen
Sustainability doesn’t start with grand gestures. It starts in your kitchen, with how you cook, save, and carry one meal into the next.
How To Begin, Gently: Day 31- How You Begin, Now
You are no longer at the beginning of the year. You are standing squarely inside of it now.
How To Begin, Gently: Day 30- What You Owe
You may owe love. But you get to choose how to love.
How To Begin, Gently: Day 24- What You Hold
Some days you ask how to begin. Others, you wonder how to hold. How to hold your own life together while showing up for the people, places, and responsibilities that depend on you.
How To Begin, Gently: Day 18, What You Reach For
Before hunger. Before clarity. Before the day asks anything of you, there is the first thing you reach for. This is a meditation on readiness, ritual, and beginning—gently.
How to Begin Again, Gently: Day 2- The Table Is Already Set: Using What You Already Have For a Good Year, Meal, and Life
An essay on using what you already have- at the table, in work, and in life- plus a simple lentil dish for the new year.