Leave the Bags at Home: These Hotels Will Make You Custom Clothes Kristy Alpert Fashion designers have become the rock stars of the hotel scene, redesigning lobbies, outfitting guestrooms, and even creating custom uniforms and costumes for hotel staffers. The latest thing designers are putting their stamp on in the…
Four Seasons Hualālai Spa Photo: Treatment room © FOUR SEASONS HUALALAI SPA By Kristy Alpert I WAS STILL GETTING RE-ACCUSTOMED TO WALKING on solid ground as I took my first step into the refreshingly cool waters of the Waiea (“Water of Life”) stream running through the open-air gardens at the…
Natural Selection by Kristy Alpert I slowed my pace and walked with careful intention as I continued to scale my way ever upward over one final granite boulder. The hike I had begun less than 90 minutes earlier from the Six Senses Zil Pasyon (sixsenses.com) was now leading me through…
Responsible Travel Photo: © YAMNUSKA MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES By Kristy Alpert – April 1, 2018 TRAVEL HAS ALWAYS HAD A WAY of connecting people to the land, literally stepping us out of our comfort zones and onto an entirely new terrain with different sights, sounds and adventures. Exploring makes the world…
Cooking Dinner in Tokyo: A Seasoned Traveler Gets a Taste for Local Flavor By Kristy Alpert My stomach churned once again as I passed another indecipherable train station sign along the Odakyu line. Sitting on that Japanese train, palms lightly sweating, I realized I had never quite felt so far…
Old Town Revival by Kristy Alpert Dating back to the 7th century, Krakow is one of Europe’s oldest cities, and it remains one of its last to be built from the center out, where its architectural monuments are all set in chronological order starting at its core. Today, modern-day…
Travel to Antarctica is One Cool Journey By Kristy Alpert I was buried in a mound of snow the first time I felt the gaze of those dark, penetrating eyes. I didn’t even hear him coming, his footsteps muffled by the sounds of icebergs clashing together and the wind…
The 15 Cheesiest, Most Delicious Finds in Quito, Ecuador Don’t miss out on these cheesy dishes on your next trip to this culinary capital. By Kristy Alpert The country may be famous for potatoes and chocolate, but the one ingredient Ecuadorians won’t go without is cheese. They eat it for…
Apres-ski the Swiss way at Huus Gstaad By Kristy Alpert The cold wind bit at my already frosted cheeks as we rode our way to the top of Gstaad’s soaring mountaintops on the last ski lift operating for the day. After a full day of navigating through freshly fallen powder,…
Experimenting with Homemade Wine Kristy Alpert I called it curiosity, but my parents called it “an accident about to happen.” As long as I can remember, I’ve had an unnamable desire to see for myself. I was the kid who had to learn from my own mistakes, so I could…
