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Oregon's famously strict land-use laws are what make our state so desirable. But with a new flurry of farm stays, European-style hiking...

Two years ago, when my husband and I went on our honeymoon, we decided to leave our iPhones at home. The decision seemed radical to me at...

Last March, while I was in Chicago for a food conference, I was also criss-crossing the city—from Devon Avenue in the north to Pilsen in...

This story was published in the July 2014 issue of Travel + Leisure.   Download TravelplusLeisure7_10_2014 When  Iron Springs Resort...

I have a story in the May issue of Afar magazine about the beautiful Willamette Valley . Though I didn't get a whole lot of space to wax...

Fresh organic vegetables for sale at Flora Farm When I was in Mexico this past May reporting a story on Todos Santos , I kept hearing...

The roof deck at Hotel Casa Tota Todos Santos, 45-minutes north of Cabo on the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, has long been...

my friend's son can't contain his excitement at Café Besalu For the past year or so, I've had the pleasure of getting to know Ballard,...

I wrote a short item on Dayna McErlean's Yakuza Garden Cottage for the June 2012 issue of Monocle.

When I travel, one of the first things I do is seek out a local coffee shop. It must have character and a sense of place, of course. But...

When I travel, I often judge a city by its street food: the bratwurst in Zurich (served on a golden Bürli roll and slathered with...

One of my favorite features at Travel + Leisure is the magazine's annual Global Vision Awards, where a team of illustrious judges (this...

Though I'm a native Oregonian, I'd never ventured to the wineries in the southern part of the state—until researching this 12-page story ...

One of the first things a curious eater will discover about Portland (Oregon) is the ubiquity of food-focused happy hours. Not only are house wines and daily cocktails just $5 (and local microbrews often $3)—you can usually get a full dinner for under $10 (depending on how hungry you are). I just wrote about a handful of my current favorites for the New York Times' T: Style . What are yours?

As the snow continues to fall here in New York City, it seems an appropriate time to mention my last column for Endless Vacation travel...

As we continue to debate (and debate and debate) health-care reform in this country, many Americans who are either uninsured or...

Farm tourism has always been popular amongst a certain type of traveler. But these days, with Michelle Obama planting an organic vegetable garden and the Slow Food movement gathering mainstream momentum, seeking out local, seasonal fare—even while on vacation—is becoming a priority for many food-obsessed travelers. Staying on a working farm, whether it’s an agriturismo in Italy or a Bauernhofurlaub in Germany is an authentic (not to mention affordable) way of seeing a country

It may come as a surprise, but Slovenia—the small former Yugoslav republic that is fast becoming a locus of the international slow food...

I went to the opening party for this swish new premium lounge at JFK on the very same day that Captain Sully safely landed a US Airways jet on the Hudson. What a day for aviation!     Read my short blog about the lounge, which I wrote for T: Travel 's of-the-moment site. Most American airport lounges are about as welcoming as the lobby of a La Quinta Inn. Which is why Lufthansa’s new $10 million lounge at Kennedy Airport’s Terminal 1 is pretty interesting news.              

I just returned from Sri Lanka yesterday afternoon and my head is spinning from a glorious whirlwind trip. Bookending my visit—which...