Modern nomads want connection and authentic experiences… .. and we are willing to go to the ends of the earth to find them. It’s a need, like water or food. I once traveled to the isle of Erraid off the coast of Scotland and fell to my knees on the …
A fire was made and with over a foot of snow on the ground and still coming down, I thought of a warm, aromatic roast chicken — French style with 40 cloves of garlic.
Check out this sexy Spanish dessert. This is a wonderful and easy sweet to accompany any meal, but certainly one of Moroccan or Spanish origin. We include it in one of our cooking classes during our Feast for the Senses program in Marrakech, Morocco. But we love southern Spain so much, that we have added a Culinary Adventure in Seville.
Dear Travelers, Our monthly newsletter/blog is a month behind due to travel in India and Morocco since the end of January. February in India was a rich display of humanity moving in living color of grace, beauty, taste and feeling. The experience is so raw and breathtaking that it takes …
Women like getting together to do purposeful things and share their stories. We have fun together. I’m not saying that men don’t. We do it differently.
Chef Amar focused on his flaming spinach dish, while master chef Choti Lal executes. Chef Amar, former chef of the king of Udaipur, has been at the Lake Palace for 15 years. Chef Choti Lal for 23. I love these chefs and their wood fired kitchen. They only have two …
Eating with ones hands is a sensual, connected, primitive delight. The mix of flavors and one-on-one contact of fingers and food to the mouth is nothing short of nurturing yourself on a deep level. Skin to skin contact happens with the first suckle. From there we naturally learn to …
Walking the small lanes of Varanasi, we passed old tea shops, paneer venders, bead sellers and so forth and stumbled upon a lassi shop popular with travelers. Our favorite was pomegranate and pistachio. A lassi wallah sits in the window with his legs crossed and blends fruits into different flavored …
We all have places like this, and discover new ones each time we travel. Places that remind us to fall in love with our own lives.
This kind of travel isn’t about romance or fantasy. It’s not about escaping our situation or distracting our minds with picturesque views. It’s about waking up, learning to notice details and appreciate the magic of our own lives. It’s easier to remember and appreciate the small details when we travel and everything is new, but this kind of love is available to us all of the time.
If you really want to know why you should #gowtihpeggy, ask yourself what you feel attracted to, because I, Peggy, have asked myself the same question. It could be a feeling. A photo. An intuition. These are trips I put together based on people I meet and things I like …