Tour & Travels

It’s that time of year again: James Beard Awards season has begun. After dropping this year’s semifinalists last month, the James Beard Foundation announced the recipients of its America’s Classics awards today. The category, which the foundation introduced in 1998, recognizes “independently owned restaurants with timeless appeal and beloved inContinue Reading

A judicial decision led by the Brazilian Naturist Federation (FBrN) has achieved an important victory for naturism in Brazil. In a new ruling, this time before the Santa Catarina Court of Justice, the return of naturism to Pinho Beach in Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, has been guaranteed. Otávio Nogueira fromContinue Reading

What does a typical day look like when you’re sailing the Caribbean on a gorgeous tall ship? Sailing on a Star Clippers cruise could not be more different than a day on one of those overbloated cruise ships! So I decided to write about what an actual day is likeContinue Reading

For surfers, skincare is a necessity. Hours of exposure in the sun, often in tropical locales, leads to wear and tear on the epidermis. I, myself, was diagnosed with Stage IV melanoma in 2021, which had spread to my lymph nodes. A year of immunotherapy, and a few surgeries later,Continue Reading

Last weekend, I drank matcha with 20 people who could, according to the AI that selected them, become my new best friends. The experience was arranged entirely by a social platform called 222, which selects a group of strangers to meet up for pre-organized dinners, drinks, yoga classes, rooftop DJContinue Reading

Shark attacks, in general, are quite rare. You’ve heard the statistics, like recently from actor Chris Hemsworth, who mused: “I heard one that more people die in America by shaking a vending machine, trying to get chocolate or whatever, out of it.” Valid? Perhaps. Whether that’s true or not, whoContinue Reading