Weekend getaways from Los Angeles
The Former Amuleto Hotel is Now a Private Villa In 2022, we were looking for a getaway, but prices were outrageous! A friend and travel editor suggested a hidden gem in Zihuantanejo. It is called Amuleto, and when we stayed, it was a boutique hotel that felt like a private residence. They are currently in […]
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One of the Best Boutique Hotels in Santa Barbara Like most of you, our normal cadence of travel and exploration close to home has been rudely interrupted these last two years. California has been extremely locked down, and even now, doesn’t feel back to normal. Every time we tried for a weekend getaway, the insane
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Farmhouse Inn, A Boutique Hotel in Sonoma, is an Easy Road Trip from Los Angeles On a recent road trip to Mendocino, a ten hour drive from LA, we stopped for one night in wine country to break up the trip. Farmhouse Inn, a luxury boutique hotel in Sonoma, had been on my list since
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The Best Breakfast in La Jolla: La Valencia Hotel If you’ve ever been to La Jolla, you know that this artsy little village is chockablock full of galleries, boutiques and an eclectic mix of cuisine from around the world. But, it’s the historic La Valencia Hotel that will turn a weekend getaway into something truly
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“Oh the places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss We had quite the adventure traveling to Vancouver last week when we missed our flight check-in by four minutes. Four minutes! The absurdity that unraveled is one for the books—finally arriving at our hotel at 1:30 a.m. rather than 1:30 p.m.as planned. (As a reminder, you must
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The Coolest Hotel in San Diego: The Pendry Hotel It had been years since I’d spent time in San Diego, though it’s only a two-hour drive from L.A. Wanting to visit our family who live in the area, we used this as our chance to stay at the newly opened Pendry Hotel, bringing a refined, yet
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A Charming Santa Barbara Wine Country Hotel Right in the heart of Solvang, arguably a cheesy Danish town thirty miles north of Santa Barbara, lies The Landsby hotel—a paradox of elegance and sophistication, a modern Nordic breath of fresh air. I have always preferred Santa Ynez Wine Country over Napa—less crowded, and a shorter drive
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