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Under Shirodhara’s Spell: The Ayurveda Way at Svata Katerina Resort & Spa

Reading Time: 6 minutesStillness is a good place to start. I’m flat on my back, eyes closed, head tilted upward. Hints of coconut…

Reading Time: 5 minutes“Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work,” artist Chuck Close once…

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe first time I stepped into the chilly Czech Republic, John and I weren’t yet married. It was our first…

Reading Time: 4 minutesWant to hear the true heartbeat of a city? Head to its local farmer’s markets. In Kampala, it was Owino,…

Reading Time: 1 minuteTemperatures have dropped drastically and the cold wind sets in. But the Fall season is still my favorite time of…

Blog, Italy, TravelPosted on 29/07/2017by Nyx

Reading Time: 4 minutes Stepping into Pompeii is both eerie and enchanting. Rows of identical houses are connected by stone slabs, spaced out…

Blog, Family, Italy, TravelPosted on 19/07/2017by Nyx

Reading Time: 2 minutes Up close with the leaning tower of Pisa, the iconic structure seems tiny. Tourists with selfie-sticks, crowds of visitors,…

Blog, Italy, TravelPosted on 15/07/2017by Nyx

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe goal is a little ambitious: to see as much of the Italian coast as we can while the kids…

Art, Blog, Italy, ParentingPosted on 25/05/2017by Nyx

Reading Time: 4 minutesFerrara took me and my sketchbook by surprise. On a whim, I went with Ellie, my four-year-old, to this city I’d…

Art, Blog, writingPosted on 07/12/2016by Nyx

Reading Time: 5 minutesI lie. It was pretty devastating. But let me backtrack a bit… In November 2015, I’d heard that a Fortune…