Santorini, Greece

Santorini, a Place to Find Peace

Greece is my favorite place on earth. I say that as a woman who has watched the sun set over the Aegean holding a champagne cocktail served in a juice glass. Santorini taught me s…

London, England

London, Wonderful Timing

Work kept bringing me to London. A conference pulled me back more than once, and our hotel in Brompton sat so close to everything that the city was waiting right outside whenever t…

São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo, a City in Motion

Sao Paulo's modern museum, street art. Strong reflections of maybe an attitude. Message and passion with intention.…

Prague, Czech Republic

Prague

This chapter is still being written. Laurie will be adding stories and photos from this journey soon.…

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Angkor Wat

We stayed in the mountains, in rooms open to the green, and nothing stood between us and the jungle. Birds sailed past in plain view; the trees leaned in close; we felt less like h…

Machu Picchu, Peru

Machu Picchu

This chapter is still being written. Laurie will be adding stories and photos from this journey soon.…

Tengger Desert, Inner Mongolia

The Tengger, Endless Waves of Sand

My first thought at the edge of the Tengger was a simple one. How does anyone walk across a desert this size? The answer is that you do not, at least not all of it. That is what ca…

Rhodes, Greece

Rhodes

Coming soon

I came to Rhodes for a conference. Rhodes had other plans. Two fabulous yachts, and the speed is every bit as glorious as it looks. We flew across that impossibly blue water and t…