The travel blog for couples - Written by Melanie Waldman
Flowers & chandeliers in the Langham Huntington lobby
For our recent wedding anniversary, we escaped a late summer heatwave at the Langham Huntington, an elegant fairyland with a view of the San Gabriel Mountains, a soothing spa and a staggering afternoon tea.
At the center of Pasadena, California, just north of Los Angeles, we’re not sure what’s better about the Langham:
That it feels like the Queen of England’s vacation palace…or that it’s a whopping 20 minutes from our house.
Vermont - Photo by Maggie-Me
My latest feature for independent-travel website BootsnAll is up!
Five Shoulder Seasons Around the World offers tips and suggestions for saving money and avoiding crowds on your next trip by traveling “on the shoulder.” Shoulder seasons fall between high and low travel seasons, when weather is generally still good but tourist herds have started to thin.
Whoowhee, but we love us some central California…especially its wine valleys.
Happy for us, then, that Sunset Magazine is soon sponsoring a four-day event on a ranch in San Luis Obispo County to celebrate the tastes and vintages of the entire region.
View of Florence from the Palazzo Vecchio
Back in the autumn of 2002, we took a fabulous two-week journey through northern Italy (our first trip to Europe together). We spent two days and nights in the Renaissance nerve center of Florence, stuffing our faces, walking all over and wondering when we’d be able to return.
Years later, we’re still wondering, still scheming…and still missing gelato.
