Where I’ve been
I can tell you where I’ve been but what I can’t tell you is how many hotels, restaurants, shops, beaches, buses, trams, railways, métros, rainforests, deserts, lakes, cafés, juice bars, boutiques, boats, airplanes, airbnb’s, historical sites, monuments, wonders, and people I’ve come to know and love. If you’ve got questions about the best things about any place on this list, send me a message. I’d love to share.
And if you are planning a trip, or just want to see your own city in a new light, the Monocle Travel Guides are incredible. My favorite part of these books is the “Walks” section. They give you a dozen or so stops in each of the different neighborhoods and by the end of the day, you really get a feel for the character and culture of the neighborhood.
In no particular order, I’ve lived in:
NATIONALLY-
Sutter, CA
Colter Bay Village, WY
San Francisco, CA
Sacramento, CA
Truckee, CA
Folsom, CA
Incline Village, NV
Provo, UT
Salt Lake City, UT
Platteville, WI
Valparaiso, IN
INTERNATIONALLY-
Silves, Portugal
CaisCais, Portugal
Santiago, Cape Verde
São Vicente, Cape Verde
Santo Antão, Cape Verde
I’ve visited:
NATIONALLY-
Lake Crescent, WA
Mesa Verde, CO
Abiquiu, NM
Santa Fe, NM
Austin, TX
Round Top, TX
New Orleans, LA
Pensacola, FL
Florida Keys, FL
Daytona Beach, FL
Marietta, GA
Asheville, NC
Savannah, GA
Nashville, TN
Stowe, VT
Richmond, VA
Woodstock, NY
Omaha, NE
Minneapolis, MN
Park City, UT
Sitka, AK
Hana, Maui, HI
Lani Kai, Maui, HI
Kapa’a, Kauai, HI
Waikiki, Oahu, HI
Orcas Island, WA
Marin, CA
Mendocino, CA
Half Moon Bay, CA
Carmel, CA
Morro Bay, CA
San Clemente, CA
San Simeon, CA
Huntington Beach, CA
Palm Springs, CA
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA
Portland, OR
Las Vegas, NV
Reno, NV
Coeur d’Alene, ID
Anne Arbor, MI
Chicago, IL
Sawyer, MI
New York City, NY
INTERNATIONALLY-
Brisbane, Australia (a few times)
Sydney, Australia (a few times)
Byron Bay, Australia (a few times)
Cozumel, Mexico
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Todos Santos, Mexico
Sayulita, Mexico (a couple times, even got married here)
Yelapa, Mexico
Belize City, Belize
London, England
Paris, France
Rome, Italy
Mallorca, Spain
I hope future travel will include:
Deeper dive into Abiquiu, NM to tour Georgia O’Keefe’s homes
Mount Rushmore
All of our national parks
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Budapest, Hungary
Cotswolds, England
Okinawa, Japan (where I was made)
Icaria, Greece
Santorini, Greece
Azores, Portugal
Maine and Montreal
Rio & São Paulo, Brazil
“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”
-Anthony Bourdain